Services

DIRECT CREMATION

Direct Cremation is a disposition option in which the body is cremated in the days immediately following death, without a funeral service beforehand. Direct Cremation is the most economic (affordable) option for disposition.

Basic features of Direct Cremation:

Because Direct Cremation does not include a formal funeral or any pre-funeral events, many of the costs of a traditional funeral are avoided.

• The body is cremated within a few days after death as soon as necessary schedules have been completed and the required permit has been obtained

• The body is usually cremated in a simple container, rather than an expensive casket

• There is no viewing, visitation, or wake before the cremation, which eliminates the costs associated therewith

• A memorial service may be held at a later date, which eliminates the need for an expensive casket and funeral arrangements

A summary of what our Direct Cremation Service includes:

• Removal of body from place of death to funeral home for preservation until service

• Registration of death

• Completion of necessary schedules in order to obtain permit for permission to cremate

• Body then placed in suitable cremation coffin and transported to crematorium

• Body cremated

• Ashes may either be scattered at the crematorium or returned to the family

• Should the family wish to retain the ashes, an urn will be provided

WEEKDAY CREMATION WITH ATTENDANCE

If one would like to have a service before the cremation and have the deceased present at the service, you will not be planning a direct cremation, but rather a “traditional” cremation.

A Traditional Service with Cremation is the best way to incorporate the benefits of both a traditional funeral service and cremation. The decedent would be prepared and placed in a coffin / casket. The funeral service will be held with coffin / casket present. Typically these services take place in a church or a chapel and may include prayers, poems, or songs to remember the deceased. The cremation would be performed after the services are complete.

WEEKEND OR PUBLIC HOLIDAY CREMATION WITH ATTENDANCE

A service held on a weekend or public holiday with attendance will also be considered a Traditional Service with Cremation. Due to the service being held on a weekend or public holiday, additional after-hours fees will also be levied.

EXTRA’S

• Pastor

• Organist

• Catering

• Floral arrangements

• Death notifications

• Chapel, i.e. Fourways Memorials Park, Braamfontein Crematorium

• Programmes, etc.

Please call or email your specific requirements.

FUNERAL

There are many funeral service options available to families who select burial as the final disposition of their loved one. A traditional funeral service consists of a time for a private or public viewing of the deceased, a funeral service to remember and honour them, followed by a procession to the cemetery for a graveside ceremony to formally say goodbye. Within this framework, there are numerous variations by which to specifically tailor a funeral service to respect the wishes of the decedent and their family.

Please call or email your specific requirements.

FUNERAL / CREMATION INSURANCE

The feature of our funeral/cremation insurance is as follows:

• No medical examination required or HIV testing

• Immediate cover for accidental death on payment of initiation fee and first premium

• New members on all plans and all cover values will have a 6 – month waiting period for natural causes for persons under 75 yrs. of age and 12 months for those over 75 yrs. of age

• After waiting period has lapsed there will be no exclusion on claims, provided the correct documentation is received and payments are up to date

• 5 biological / own children included on both individual and family plans

• Initiation fee of R100.00 is payable on all new policies in addition to the 1st months premium.

Individual funeral plan – Main member and up to 5 children

Family Funeral Cover – Main member, Spouse, up to 5 children

The 1 + 9 funeral plan – Main member plus nine nominated members

• This plan provides for a principal member plus nine nominated members (children or adults)

• The principal member including the (9) nine nominated members will be covered for the selected amount

• Repatriation benefits are included for the principal member, as well as the (9) nine nominated members on the scheme

• Maximum entry age for spouse is 65 years / Cessation age of scheme is 99 years

• A 6 (six) month waiting period will apply to all new entrants

• Death as a result of participation in war, riot and civil commotion or terrorism will not be covered

• Suicide will be excluded for the first 24 months

Main members and nominated members all under the age of 65 years

Main members and nominated members all under the age of 70 years