Memorial Ceremony

At Natural Grace, we offer a full service that assists you to create a truly meaningful, sustainable, and beautiful ceremony for family and friends to honour the person you have loved. With careful attention to every detail, we will support you to create an authentic experience that you can be deeply proud of. You will enjoy the unlimited attention of a Holistic Funeral Director and our whole care team throughout the planning time and your occasion will be the sole focus of your team on the memorial ceremony day. We will be by your side the whole way.

Memorial Ceremonies include the same elements of Funeral Ceremonies with the only difference being that the person’s coffin is not present.

Our service fees include:

• All day everyday care, support, and love from an experienced and compassionate Holistic Funeral Director specifically assigned to you and your family.
• Support from our care team for administration and arranging.
• Natural mortuary care – we only use natural products when caring for the deceased, which includes warm water, essential oils, and organic skin and hair care products.
• Collection of personal keepsakes such as handprints and a lock of hair (if desired)
• Complimentary use of our Community Room for the memorial ceremony (maximum capacity 80 people)
• Arrangement of a unique and authentic memorial ceremony.
• Recommendations and arrangement of third-party suppliers such as a Celebrant, florist, musicians etc.
• Placement of 2 newspaper notices in one newspaper (extra notices $65 per notice) (printing charged at cost).
• Death and funeral notices on our website.
• Attendance at the ceremony by a team of 2 funeral carers including your Funeral Director.
• Wake planning if required.
• Registration of the death with the appropriate authorities (Births, Deaths & Marriages, Services Australia (including Centrelink), DVA, and Medicare).
• After funeral care including assistance with the care of ashes and/or assisting with sourcing suppliers for a headstone

$4,455

Option – Escort

Escort fees for transport to the cemetery for burial* or cremation prior to or following the memorial ceremony:

Escort to Ballarat or Geelong for cremation on a day prior to or following the memorial –

 $995

Escort to a local cemetery for burial* on a day prior to or following the memorial –

 $695

Unattended escort to the crematorium for cremation at a time of our discretion –

 $330

* Pallbearers are to be provided by your family or community.
Natural Grace can provide pallbearers if needed at an additional fee per pallbearer –

 $330

Does not include:

• Transfer fees from place of death into our care – See Transfer Fees
• Home-Based Death Care
• Vigils
• Coffin Choice – See Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds & Urns
• Death Certificates – See Death Certificates
• Cremation Permit (if applicable) – see Cremation Permit
• Cost of third-party choices: celebrant, flowers, notices, photo presentation, venue hire, catering – See Disbursements
• Travel outside our operating area – See Transfer Fees

Ceremony Choices To Consider