1. How do I go about making funeral arrangements?
Call Charis Funeral Directors, all arrangements will be done on your behalf.
Have any questions or do not know what to do next. Here are some questions and answers that may guide you.
Call Charis Funeral Directors, all arrangements will be done on your behalf.
We will collect the deceased and the funeral will be arranged in the usual manner.
Yes, we can provide a minister.
We assist with all the legal documentation as required by law to make the necessary funeral arrangements such as the death certificate etc.
Formal clothing is acceptable to bury men and women in, the family can bring clothing they feel comfortable with for burying their loved one in.
The legal identity document of the deceased and the legal document of the informant.
First you will need to call the Paramedics who will declare the individual dead by issuing a declaration of death document, only when this document is issued on site, our staff will be allowed to remove the body from the scene.
Call the Paramedics and the police. If the death is deemed to be an Unnatural Death. A suicide or accident, for example, the body will be sent for a compulsory post-mortem. The mortuary will issue a death notice after the autopsy has been performed.
Depending if the death is a Natural or Unnatural death, please refer to question 7 and 8.
To the mortuary with the consent of the family.
Yes, we do.
Contact Charis Funerals and arrangements will be made to have the body collected from the other undertaker.
Yes, you should make your own memorial service arrangements.
The family pays for the grave, this cost is separate from the funeral cost.