What We Do
Our funeral homes offer a range of services for funerals and celebrations, cremations, mobile services, estate services, receptions, preplanning, and travel protections. We are dedicated to providing compassionate and professional support during difficult times. Please explore the pages below for more detailed information on each of our services.
Funerals & Celebrations
A Funeral or Celebration is a time where you, your family and your friends can gather and acknowledge the loss collectively and support one another. It is also an opportunity to honour the life of your loved one in a manner befitting their character.
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Cremation
Cremation is an increasingly popular option for many people, serving as an alternative to burial. Reasons for preferring cremation vary.
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Mobile Services
While we have three physical locations within Chatham-Kent, we are not limited by our geography. In fact, having the staff, vehicles and equipment at the three funeral homes allows us to go beyond our immediate location and enables us to serve the entire Municipality of Chatham-Kent and beyond.
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Estate Services
Even during the planning of a service for a loved one, issues surrounding the Estate process are often at the forefront of our minds. Whether we have facilitated a cremation from afar, or organized a celebration with many particulars, the process of settling an Estate remains the same.
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Pre-Planning
Pre-planning your funeral wishes is a tremendous help to those you leave behind. We cannot stress enough how, by taking a few minutes now, you can truly help those left behind.
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Travel Protection
Explore what the Guaranteed Travel Assurance Plan (GTAP) has to offer from what the coverage includes to additional benefits as well as the payments and flexibility that come with it.
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Alt-urn-atives
Looking for an alternative to traditional burial and cremation options? We have listed a number of alternatives to the traditional cremation urn in this section.
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Grief Support
The death of someone we care about can be one of the most difficult experiences in life. These articles are meant to describe different types of grief; their intent is to help you understand your own, or to help you empathize with another person's grief.
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Our Locations
McKinlay Funeral Homes is pleased to offer services from locations in Ridgetown, Blenheim, and Chatham. We have a wide range of services available in these communities. Please click on the link below for more information about these facilities.
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Send Flowers
Our local florists are committed to offering only the finest floral arrangements, and are backed by their professionalism and prompt service. Allow us to take care of your expression of sympathy by connecting with our local florists through our website.
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Let Us Help You
Please feel free to browse our pages to learn more about pre-planning a funeral and grief support, as well as the traditional funeral and cremation services that we have to offer. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at anytime, we are available by phone or e-mail, or drop by the office in person. We are always here to help.
Ridgetown: Class 1 Funeral Establishment FE-397
Blenheim: Class 1 Funeral Establishment FE-41
Chatham: Class 1 Funeral Establishment FE-174
Nathan McKinlay is in charge of day-to-day operations in Chatham.
Jeff Mardling is in charge of day-to-day operations in Blenheim & Ridgetown.
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