Inside Pellows

It is our privilege to assist you at your time of need

At Pellows, we consider that it is most important to put choices before families when they are arranging the funeral of a loved one.

These choices include:

  • The best location for the service: a church or chapel, at home, club rooms, at the graveside or
    crematorium, or one of the venues that we have available for your use.
  • Different types of ceremony, religious or non religious.
  • Who should officiate: a priest, minister, celebrant or family member.
  • Whether you want to view the deceased, and where the viewing should be.
  • Whether you want to have a burial or cremation.
  • Casket flowers and committal flowers.
  • Service sheets - we create and print these in house.
  • Whether you wish to have donations to a charity in lieu of flowers.
  • The most appropriate funeral notice.
  • Casket selection.
  • Memorial books.
  • The order of service, the choice of music and hymns.
  • Catering venues.
  • How children may be involved.
  • DVD presentations.
  • Video of the service.
  • Information about what other professional help is available.

Taking care of the details
As well as providing you with the above choices Pellows will attend to the following with regard to the arrangements.

  • The registration of death and necessary documentation.
  • Contacting appropriate burial or cremation authorities.
  • Arranging national or international transportation of repatriation in New Zealand or any other country.
  • Liaising with clergy or funeral celebrants.
  • Provision and preparation of casket.
  • Embalming, when appropriate, to ensure hygienic preservation and natural presentation.
  • Providing viewing facilities or taking the casket home if that is the family’s wish.
  • Preparing and placing newspaper notices locally or internationally.
  • Consultation about ashes placement.

Staff at Pellows Funeral Directors & Advisors are available to speak to local community groups and schools about funerals, and we are also pleased to host community groups at our premises.

Memorials, Plaques and Headstones
Pellows Funeral Directors and Advisors provide a range of high quality granite headstones and brass plaques, that can be installed in the cemetery of your choice.

These are designed to your specific requirements and can include photographs, or any combination of artwork.

Please contact us to discuss your needs and we will work with you to ensure that you have a memorial that suits your requirements.