Funeral Services in Rockhampton
We believe that our role as your chosen funeral director is to facilitate the funeral to meet the needs and desires of the bereaved and their loved ones. And we will do our utmost to achieve this.
The funeral experience is a key part of the grieving process, offering the chance to say goodbye and helping on the road to recovery from a loss.
During this time, it’s comforting to know Finlayson & McKenzie Funeral Directors are here to help plan the most suitable ceremony to meet your individual needs, the needs of family and friends, and those of the community.
The most common type of funeral service is a church/chapel funeral service, followed by a cemetery/crematorium service.
This style of funeral begins with a service at a church or chapel, a funeral home, in a park or any other place that was special to the deceased. Followed by a procession to the cemetery or crematorium.
Other options include a small chapel service at Finlayson & McKenzie, followed by a burial at chosen cemetery or a private cremation with our in-house cremator.
- Graveside service
- Direct cremation and a memorial service to follow at a later date
- Direct cremation – no service – no attendance
- All the listed options may be public or private services
We offer personalised funerals at Finlayson & McKenzie. We will cater to your individual preferences and go above and beyond to create a memorable funeral service for the deceased, as well as a celebration of the life they lived.
As a guide, the cost of a funeral falls under 3 main categories:
- Professional service fees which incorporate all the tasks and services involved in arranging, planning and conducting a funeral including legal requirements.
- Disbursements, which are the costs a funeral director pays on your behalf for services offered by a third party, such as flowers, cremation/cemetery fees, newspaper notices, etc.
- Coffin or casket choice.
Our professional service fees include:
- Guidance, expertise, care and attention from a team of professionally trained staff (available 24 hours a day, every day of the year)
- Transfer of the deceased from the place of death into our care.
- Mortuary care by experienced and qualified embalming staff at our accredited mortuary facility.
- Availability of our chapel/office for the initial arrangement meeting, the viewing & the service.
- Making arrangements with all third parties.
- All necessary staff & one hearse on the day of the funeral.
- Advice & support following the funeral.
- Registration of death with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Third party fees consist of the monies paid on your behalf to other parties in order to carry out the funeral in accordance with your instructions. These include payment for:
- Cemetery or crematorium fees
- Clergy or celebrant fees
- Organist/musician fees
- Venue hire fees
- Floral tributes
- Death & funeral notices
- Registered death certificate
- Medical certificate required for crematorium
- Coffin or casket
- Order of service booklets
Please contact Finlayson & McKenzie for an itemised quotation.
Cremation or Burial?
The number of people in Australia choosing to be cremated is steadily increasing.
People have a choice of either burial or cremation. In certain cultures, cremation is not favoured or may be prohibited within the relevant faith belief. In other cultures, the opposite may occur with cremation being the custom, for example, in the Hindu tradition.
Future trends may see higher instances of cremation due to land shortages for cemeteries near population centres.
We have our own in-house cremator, which allows us to keep the costs of cremation lower than many other funeral directors in Central Queensland.
