"I needed to see and touch my child one last time before she was gone forever."
"I did not want to remember him the way his illness made him look. Now he looks at peace."
"It was such a relief to see how natural he looked after the accident."
"I wasn't ready to say goodbye yet, it was too soon. I needed to be with him and say I love you one more time."

Embalming allows the Funeral Director to grant such requests and help ease the pain of death and parting.

HEALTH PROTECTION

Conditions such as T.B., AIDS, Hepatitis and strains of influenza can present a health risk for people coming into close contact with someone who died from such diseases. Embalming reduces these risks.

UNDERSTANDING THE PROCEDURE

Like certain other medically related procedures, embalming involves specialised surgical techniques. In a room resembling a hospital operating theatre, highly trained professionals perform a procedure resembling a blood transfusion or dialysis.
Using surgical instruments and wearing appropriate protective clothing, the embalmer replaces blood and body fluids with preservatives and disinfectant solutions. Along with slowing the process of decomposition, embalming removes the harsh physical effects of illness or accident and restores a natural appearance.

Embalming is not carried out as a form of death denial, but rather as a way for people to remember the person as he or she was in life.
 

Below is a photograph of our Embalming facility at Culling Road

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Funeral directors and embalmers are well educated professionals who are sensitive to the needs of the bereaved as well as knowledgeable in the scientific disciplines necessary to care for a deceased individual. Like practitioners in other professions, such as medicine and human services, funeral directors and embalmers must meet strict professional standards such as: College preparation of up to four years, Clinical internship, Passing a Board Examination, Obtaining a Licence and maintaining skill levels and professional knowledge.

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