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Our Services

What sets Colchester Community Funeral Home apart is the quality of services provided, kind and caring personnel, a modern facility, and staff who are open-minded and who make it happen for whatever families’ desire.

Colchester Community Funeral Home offers a full line of services from traditional to cremation, and a range of products including traditional caskets, cremation rental caskets, various urn styles, keepsake urns and jewellery. Full-service with “Live Webcasting” is offered, the first in Truro, along with videotaping provided on DVD’s of every service in the funeral home, and video tributes, all at no additional cost to the families. Our competitive pricing better reflects the costs for actual services rendered. It is indeed a privilege and our pleasure to help families during their time of loss.

Spacious Modern Facilities
24/7 Access to Directors
Memorial Video Tributes
Funeral Webcasting
Ample Parking
Reception Catering

Our Directors, Verdell, Kristell, and Michael are always available to answer any questions you may have.

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FUNERAL SERVICES
A wide range of possibilities is available for families to select from regarding the funeral service. These range from the traditional religious centered settings, held either at the Funeral Home, Church of preference or at graveside, to more casual contemporary or non-religious contexts involving visitation/ reception/open mic settings.

CREMATION SERVICES
Choices for memorial services include the same full service traditional or contemporary settings, which may be held either at the Funeral Home, Church of preference or cemetery, to the more casual contemporary or non-religious memorial contexts involving visitation/ reception/open mic settings. For those who desire no time of memorial, the provision of cremation services only involves just care of the remains and accompanying documentation required.

FUNERAL WEBCASTING
Colchester Community Funeral Home is the first in Colchester County to provide funeral webcasting directly from the funeral home. Often there are family members and guests that can’t make the service. One can visit our website and view the funeral service via funeral webcasting. Services are “Webcasted” if the family request it.

ONLINE TRIBUTES
Technological advances now allow for the videotaping of all services held at the funeral home as a courtesy for every family. As well, webcasting of the service in “real-time” allows for those unable to attend the service or following the service time, at their own convenience to do so by simply going online where they can obtain this provision. Availability of this service can be achieved from anywhere in the world.

RECEPTION CATERING
Facility accommodation for catering for either funerals, memorial services or visitations is available either from the local Royal Canadian Legion Auxiliary or from area Church Women’s Auxiliaries as desired. These arrangements can be made during the time of funeral planning.

PRE-PLANNING
One of the most caring, loving things you can do for your family is to leave detailed information which permits them to make the funeral service a personal tribute in keeping with the way you wanted. Learn more

HERITAGE MEMORIALS
A memorial is a visible tribute of the departed to all those who pass by now, and for generations to come. We assure and guarantee that your memorial will be a permanent legacy of your remembrances.
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Our Facilities

We pride ourselves on the functionality and appearance of our facilities. We are constantly updating and improving our premises and equipment to keep our facility within the highest of professional standards.

Whether it is our Chapel, Visitation Rooms, Coffee Lounge, or Reception Facilities, the flexibility of our layout allows us to accommodate a broad range of services. Our facilities can support everything from very large assemblies to the smallest of quaint gatherings.

The funeral is an important opportunity to pay tribute to someone you loved. It is a time for relatives and friends to gather and to tell stories, to share memories, to acknowledge your loss and support one another. We are open-minded in providing a more personal arrangement to suit your needs and reflect the life of your loved one. We’ve worked hard to make the surroundings as comforting as possible, for you during this difficult time.

We can accommodate up to 182 guests in our main chapel, with allowance for 59 in our family room, 50 in our downstairs kitchen (with video screen to watch service), 20 in the front office, and 50 in our foyer for a total accommodation of up to 340 guests.

CHAPEL
Although our chapel is not intended to compete against the reverence and respect of the church, it has been tastefully designed as an option for those who do not wish a formal church setting. Conveniently located within the funeral home, it provides a dignified setting for family, friends and the community to gather together and pay tribute to the deceased.

COFFEE LOUNGE
The coffee lounge provides a welcome break to collect your thoughts or reminisce with others. There is always hot coffee and refreshments waiting for you. We would like you to feel comfortable when receiving friends and family at the time of loss. Our home is yours. Our staff will ensure that your family and friends are treated with the hospitality that you would extend in a less difficult and emotional time in your own home.

TESTIMONIALS

“On behalf of our family, thank you for your professional and compassionate services.”
– Annie

“Your kindness to us at this very difficult time was greatly appreciated. We were very happy with the service provided by yourself & your staff.”
– Marina

“I thank you for your kindness… you made the arrangements seamless and were very much a comfort to our family.”
– Krista

“Verdell Longstaff went the extra mile in helping us and keeping things flowing along in an orderly manner.”
– Irene & family

“Michael Collins is a very capable guy, someone we quickly grew to look for when we came to the facility… his friendly smile and “get-things-attended-to” attitude were great. Verdell Longstaff’s sensitivity toward my brother and I when we were making arrangements helped our acceptance of the passing.”
– Bruce

“Thank you again for your patience and understanding. We appreciate it more than you all know.”
– Nancy & Wayne

Resources

Our Services

What sets Colchester Community Funeral Home apart is the quality of services provided, kind and caring personnel, a modern facility, and staff who are open-minded and who make it happen for whatever families’ desire.

Our Directors, Verdell, Kristell, and Michael are always available to answer any questions you may have.

Our Facilities

We pride ourselves on the functionality and appearance of our facilities. We are constantly updating and improving our premises and equipment to keep our facility within the highest of professional standards.

“On behalf of our family, thank you for your professional and compassionate services.” – Annie

“Your kindness to us at this very difficult time was greatly appreciated. We were very happy with the service provided by yourself & your staff.” – Marina

“I thank you for your kindness… you made the arrangements seamless and were very much a comfort to our family.” – Krista

“Verdell Longstaff went the extra mile in helping us and keeping things flowing along in an orderly manner.” – Irene & family

“Thank you again for your patience and understanding. We appreciate it more than you all know.” – Nancy & Wayne

Resources

Who to Call First

Writing an Obituary

Funeral Etiquette

Helping Yourself Heal

“On behalf of our family, thank you for your professional and compassionate services.”
– Annie

“Your kindness to us at this very difficult time was greatly appreciated. We were very happy with the service provided by yourself & your staff.”
– Marina

“I thank you for your kindness… you made the arrangements seamless and were very much a comfort to our family.”
– Krista

“Verdell Longstaff went the extra mile in helping us and keeping things flowing along in an orderly manner.”
– Irene & family

“Thank you again for your patience and understanding. We appreciate it more than you all know.”
– Nancy & Wayne