SCHEDULED FUNERAL SERVICES
Notice for Families - COVID 19 Restrictions
In light of the current Social Distancing Requirements &the governmental guidlines and restrictions being placed on funerals, All funeral services need to follow certain guidlines:
Currently services may have any number of mourners in attendance, so long as the 4 square meter per person rule is followed. As such, our chapel can accomodate 48 people, with screens and speakers to relay the service to additional mourner Outside or in the Adjoining Hall.
Currently services may have any number of mourners in attendance, so long as the 4 square meter per person rule is followed. As such, our chapel can accomodate 48 people, with screens and speakers to relay the service to additional mourner Outside or in the Adjoining Hall.
All Attendees at funeral services must have their names and a contact phone number recorded in order to facilitate possible contact tracing.
LIVE STREAMED SERVICES
For families that have requested a live-steam of the service for their loved one, the service can be viewed by Clicking here.
A video with the service name will appear approximately 1 hour before the service begins.
Scheduled Funerals
Bowden Family Funerals hosts beautiful, dignified funeral services for individuals and families throughout the Central Coast area. From Sydney to Newcastle, families and friends of the recently deceased come to our arranged viewings, post-funeral ceremonies, funerals, burials and cremations. We understand the importance of honouring beliefs, culture and traditions in the process of laying a loved one to rest. Bowden Family Funerals is available to assist you during this emotional time—24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our offices throughout the Central Coast region allow you to get in contact with a funeral specialist closest to your location. They will guide you through the process of planning the funeral, preserving the body, handling the necessary paperwork and arranging any post-funeral ceremonies.
Arranging Funerals On The Central Coast
Following the loss of a loved one, the process of arranging a funeral does not need to feel so overwhelming. One of our main goals is to guide you through this undertaking, advising at each step, to make the process as easy as possible for you. The first step is to decide on cremation or burial service. Once this decision has been made, the venue, day and time for the ceremony can be arranged, taking into consideration the availability of venue and guests, as well as the progress of the formal paperwork requirements. The process of registering the death and arranging the appropriate permissions for cremation or burial can be organised by our funeral director. On completion, these documents will be lodged by our funeral director with the appropriate authorities.
We can give you all the assistance you need in managing any specifics requests of the family for the service. As well as listening to what the family already has in mind, our funeral arranger will go through the various options available, to put together an outline for a service that will be both fitting and personal. We will help with all the necessary decisions, such as the coffin, speech preparations, music choices, flower arrangements, viewings, and newspaper notices. Having taken care of these decisions and their arrangements, you and your family and close friends will be relieved of the burden of dealing with those purely practical matters. Our funeral director will be available to the family throughout the process. You will also be kept informed right up to and beyond the service itself. Bowden Family Funerals is committed to planning the funeral in the least stressful manner for you and those close to you, fully respecting the process of grieving after loss.