What is Aquamation?
Water-based Aquamation is a method of final disposition. Aquamation does in hours what nature does in months and years as part of nature’s course when a body is laid to rest. Through a combination of water flow, temperature, and alkalinity, we accelerate nature’s process of tissue hydrolysis to return the body to its natural form.
We find that many families are grateful to have a choice, and some prefer a process that does not use fire or flame. Many believe this to be a gentle option, and value the decreased carbon foot print it leaves.
With Aquamation, an individual body is gently placed in a container that is then placed in a sterile stainless steel vessel. A combination of 95% water and 5% alkali (sodium and potassium hydroxide) are used, in the process of tissue hydrolysis. These alkalis are safe for the environment and are the same alkalis that are used in many common household products.
Upon the completion of the process, the water is returned to the ecosystem via the normal wastewater treatment facility. The Aquamation process produces a completely sterile solution of amino acids, sugars, nutrients, salts, and soaps in a water solution. These are all by-products of natural decomposition.
Aquamation preserves approximately 20% more remains of your loved one. These remains are 100% safe, pathogen and disease free, and consist simply of bone material (calcium phosphate). Families may keep the Aquamated remains in an urn, inter them in a grave or niche, or scatter them in a special place.
Why You Should Consider Aquamation
Many people believe that Aquamation is an extremely environmentally-friendly choice because there are almost zero emissions admitted into the atmosphere during this process.
Many families who are concerned about the environment believe this to be a gentle process and prefer this process because no vapourized mercury emissions and no filtration or abatement systems required. Mercury from dental amalgam is contained and recycled, not vapourized.
Furthermore, caskets are not burned, which protects our natural resources and produces a decreased carbon footprint.
Finally, by-product (effluent) is safe with no harmful chemical or microbial contamination.
Please feel free to peruse our aquamation information page which covers commonly asked questions.
Why Choose Us
Highly Experienced Owner
Kawartha Aquamation is owned and operated by John Cunningham, who has been a Licensed Funeral Director for 25+ years. Beginning with his great-grandfather, Louis Nicholas Phippen, John’s family has provided funeral services for the people of Ontario for four generations.
John provides aquamation services through both of his funeral homes, Ashburnham Funeral Home & Community Alternative Funeral Home, because he believes in offering families an environmentally-friendly choice when it comes to body disposition.
Locally Owned and Operated
We are not owned by a multinational funeral conglomerate. All decisions are made at the community level and we are able to respond to local needs and conditions immediately. We also strive to support and promote many of the quality businesses in our Peterborough community.
No Commissioned Sales People
Making end-of-life arrangements can be stressful enough. We are committed to helping families select the services they want without any sales pressures.
Call Us Today
We welcome the opportunity to answer all of your questions about whether aquamation is the right choice for you and your family. We are ready to help you in any way that we can, so call today.
Serving Families in Peterborough, Ontario, and Surrounding Areas
Welcome to Community Alternative Funeral & Cremation Services. If you would like to learn more about planning a funeral, (either pre-planning or planning at the time of your loved one’s passing), please feel free to contact us at any time by phone, email, or in person.
What Makes US Different
Cost-Effective Funeral Services
We are owned and operated by John Cunningham, a fully licensed funeral director for since 1985. He believes families deserve choices regarding funeral arrangements, as much as at any other time of life. That’s why, in 2004, he opened Community Alternative Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd. on Hunter Street, just west of the bridge.
“I had worked at other funeral homes in the past and I could see that while there were a number of good funeral homes, there just wasn’t a lot of choice for families when it came to the cost of funeral services.” said Cunningham, who owns the business with his wife, Heather, a local teacher.
“We are a full-service traditional funeral home that provides families with an alternative to the traditionally high cost of funeral services. Until we opened, there just wasn’t a lot of choice.”
Highly Experienced Owner
John has been a Licensed Funeral Director for 25+ years. Beginning with his great-grandfather, Louis Nicholas Phippen, John’s family has provided funeral services for the people of Ontario for four generations.
Locally Owned and Operated
We are not owned by a multinational funeral conglomerate. All decisions are made at the community level and we are able to respond to local needs and conditions immediately. Our caskets are manufactured locally, and we strive to support and promote many of the quality businesses in our Peterborough community.
No Commissioned Sales People
Making funeral arrangements can be stressful enough. At Community Alternative, we are committed to helping families select the services they want without any sales pressures. We encourage you to research funeral home costs and services before you make any decisions. To assist you with your research, we offer our complete price list on our web site, you may obtain a copy at our location, or we would be pleased to mail you information.
Call Us Today
We welcome the opportunity to answer all of your questions and to be there for you during this difficult time. We are ready to help you in any way that we can, so call today.
Serving Families in Brooklyn, NY, and Surrounding Areas
Sparrow is a full service contemporary funeral home in New York City with service offerings ranging from the traditional to the unique. Located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Sparrow is a gorgeous, light-filled and peaceful space, with a team of staff that are compassionate, thoughtful and thorough.
Our Beautiful and Contemporary Facilities
Our funeral home is unlike anything that you’ve seen before. It’s a modern, light-filled home that’s been designed with your family and friends in mind. We want our home to be a place that feels peaceful and comfortable for everyone who choses us, an honor that means so much. Our facilities include:
- Two modern-designed ‘celebration rooms’ that provide an elegant space for a ceremony to honor your loved one’s life and legacy.
- Comfortable lounge area for you to meet with family and friends.
- Retail store with a careful curated collection of beautiful products to help you celebrate your loved one’s life, as well as care for yourself during your healing journey.
Services that We Can Help You With
We are here for you every step of the way, from the final days of life when you’re saying “goodbye,” to after a loved one has passed. Here are ways that we can support you during this difficult time:
Before Passing:
- Exit Party: An Exit Party at Sparrow allows someone with a terminal illness to celebrate with their family and friends before they die. An unforgettable way to say “farewell”.
- Death Doulas: We work with experienced death doulas to help your family care for a dying loved love.
After Passing:
Let us help you design a ceremony that truly captures your loved one’s life and legacy. We are experienced in creating unique, one-of-a-kind ceremonies, including:
- Celebration of Life Services
- Memorial Services
- Traditional Funeral Services
- Veteran Memorials, Funerals, Cremations
- Green Funeral Services
Other Types of Services That We Offer:
- Cremation Services
- Mortuary Services
- Burial
- International Shipping
Call Today, We’re Ready To Help You!
Sparrow is a full service funeral home in NYC offering memorials and funerals from the traditional to the unique, as well as direct cremation. Each person’s needs are different, so please don’t hesitate to reach out and let us know what you need. We’re here to help you 24/7. If someone has died at home please give us a call at 212-920-5422. If you don’t feel like speaking to someone right now, you can email us at info@sparrowny.com and we will respond within the hour.
We promise to be with you every step of the way, so contact us today.
Serving Families in Peterborough, Ontario, and Surrounding Areas
Welcome to Ashburnham Funeral Home & Reception Centre. If you would like to learn more about planning a funeral or grief support, or you’re just looking for general information on funeral arrangements, please feel free to contact us at any time by phone, email, or in person.
Services and Products
We offer five types of Service Packages, outlined in our downloadable price list, which is available on our website. They include:
- Immediate Cremation or Burial
- Graveside Funeral Service
- Memorial Service
- Memorial Reception
- Traditional Funeral Service
What Makes Us Different
Experience: We are owned and operated by John Cunningham, who has been a Licensed Funeral Director for 25+ years. Beginning with his great-grandfather, Louis Nicholas Phippen, John’s family has provided funeral services for the people of Ontario for four generations.
Locally Owned and Operated: We are not owned by a multinational funeral conglomerate. All decisions are made at the community level and we are able to respond to local needs and conditions immediately. Our caskets are manufactured locally, and we strive to support and promote many of the quality businesses in our Peterborough community.
No Commissioned Sales People: Making funeral arrangements can be stressful enough. At Community Alternative, we are committed to helping families select the services they want without any sales pressures. We encourage you to research funeral home costs and services before you make any decisions. To assist you with your research, we offer our complete price list on our web site, you may obtain a copy at our location, or we would be pleased to mail you information.
Call Us Today
We welcome the opportunity to answer all of your questions and to be there for you during this difficult time. We are ready to help you in any way that we can, so call today.
Serving Families in New York
Fitting Tribute Funeral Services is an eco-friendly New York City-based funeral establishment helping families plan the best possible end-of-life events.
As a progressive, full-service funeral firm, we specialize in green burials, affordable cremations at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, home vigils and all manner of uplifting end-of-life experiences and memorial events. Funeral director Amy Cunningham is a leading natural burial speaker and advocate. She regularly blogs about advances in the funeral business at TheInspiredFuneral.com
Our company empowers families to craft the best possible tributes that pay homage to the memory, values, and beliefs of the recently deceased.
Why You’re in Good Hands with Jewish Funeral Service of Brooklyn
This premier funeral home in Brooklyn provides affordable funeral services and has faithfully served the Jewish community in New York City for many years. Not only is the staff highly experienced in all areas of funeral arrangements and preparations, they are supervised by Rabbi Shmuel Hartman. If you have any questions, the Rabbi can be reached at (718) 724-4355.
Services Jewish Funeral Service of Brooklyn Offers
This funeral home offers a wide range of services, including:
- Arranging a traditional and meaningful funeral in keeping with your family’s Jewish faith
- Arranging International shipping if your loved one is to be buried in Israel or elsewhere abroad
- Assisting in the purchase or rental of a casket
- Assisting in purchasing cemetery plot, headstone or monument, including the completion of legal paperwork
- Supervising the installation of a headstone or monument in accordance with cemetery regulations
- Offering pre-needs counseling which gives you and your family peace of mind
Areas Jewish Funeral Service of Brooklyn Serves
This premiere funeral home proudly serves Brooklyn NY including, (but not limited to), the communities of
- Park Slope
- Carrol Gardens
- Kensington
- Sheepshead Bay
- Flatbush
- Marine Park
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- East Flatbush
- Midwood
- Bensonhurst
- Bayridge
- Lower Manhattan
- East New York
- Borough Park
- Manhattan
- Staten Island
Hours of Operation
Jewish Funeral Service of Brooklyn is always open. Call anytime, day or night.
Why You Should Contact Jewish Funeral Service of Brooklyn Today
You won’t find a funeral home that cares more about your family than Jewish Funeral Service of Brooklyn. The compassionate staff are dedicated to helping you plan a Jewish funeral that truly honors the life and legacy of your loved one. Call today. You’ll be so glad that you did.
Why You’re in Good Hands with Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home
This affordable funeral home in Brooklyn NY serves all five boroughs of New York City with traditional funerals, cremation, green burials, domestic and international shipping.
Since 1904, Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home has offered personal service to all religions and ethnic groups in New York City and are thoroughly knowledgeable about their specific funeral customs.
Services Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home Offers
This funeral home offers a wide range of services, including:
- Funeral service (all faiths)
- Memorial service (all faiths)
- Direct cremation
- Green burial
- Domestic and International shipping
- BioSeal services
- Pre-needs counseling
Areas Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home Serves
This premiere funeral home proudly serves Brooklyn NY including, (but not limited to), the communities of
- Park Slope
- Carrol Gardens
- Kensington
- Sheepshead Bay
- Flatbush
- Marine Park
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- East Flatbush
- Midwood
- Bensonhurst
- Bayridge
- Lower Manhattan
- East New York
- Borough Park
- Manhattan
- Staten Island
Hours of Operation
Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home is always open. Call anytime, day or night.
Why You Should Contact Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home Today
You won’t find a funeral home that cares more about your family than Blair Mazzarella Funeral Home. The compassionate staff are dedicated to helping you plan a funeral or memorial service that truly honors the life and legacy of your loved one. Call today. You’ll be so glad that you did.
About MacCoubrey Funeral Home in Colborne, Ontario
Rexford F MacCoubrey (my grandfather) found employment with the local undertaker and furniture store in 1938 at the end of the Great Depression. He was not so much attracted to the business as to the fact that the funeral home paid a few cents more an hour than the hardware store where he was employed.
After working for a number of different owners, in 1961, he along with his son, my father Robert (Bob), purchased the funeral home from Clifford Bowes. Bob grew the business and purchased the Colborne funeral home in 1976. Substantial additions and renovations have been made to the two facilities over the years. The most recent being a 1500 sq foot reception centre.
The services provided to our community include pre-planning funeral and memorial services, estate assistance and bereavement support. We are introducing a new service that we are calling Palliative Counselling. Families will be supported by trained palliative specialists that will help guide people through their final days.
Our cremation/merchandise offerings includes a large selection of urns, jewelry, DNA bank and Parting Stone. The later a patented process that turns cremated remains into porcelain like stones that you can hold and share.
Our relationship with Union Cemetery, Cobourg and St. James Cemetery, Roseneath, enables us to offer ecco friendly, green burials.
As a family business, we have always believed in supporting the community. My father was a major factor in the building of the local library and the building of a new hospital. I have been the fund- raising chair of the Northumberland United Way, walked in high healed shoes for 12 consecutive years to raise money for the local women’s shelter as well as running an auction during our hospital galas. My latest endeavour is volunteering for the local mass COVID vaccination clinic. You can find me there, supervising a crew of volunteers in an attempt to crush the virus.
Scott MacCoubrey
Owner/Operator
MacCoubrey Funeral Home
About MacCoubrey Funeral Home in Cobourg, Ontario
Rexford F MacCoubrey (my grandfather) found employment with the local undertaker and furniture store in 1938 at the end of the Great Depression. He was not so much attracted to the business as to the fact that the funeral home paid a few cents more an hour than the hardware store where he was employed.
After working for a number of different owners, in 1961, he along with his son, my father Robert (Bob), purchased the funeral home from Clifford Bowes. Bob grew the business and purchased the Colborne funeral home in 1976. Substantial additions and renovations have been made to the two facilities over the years. The most recent being a 1500 sq foot reception centre.
The services provided to our community include pre-planning funeral and memorial services, estate assistance and bereavement support. We are introducing a new service that we are calling Palliative Counselling. Families will be supported by trained palliative specialists that will help guide people through their final days.
Our cremation/merchandise offerings includes a large selection of urns, jewelry, DNA bank and Parting Stone. The later a patented process that turns cremated remains into porcelain like stones that you can hold and share.
Our relationship with Union Cemetery, Cobourg and St. James Cemetery, Roseneath, enables us to offer ecco friendly, green burials.
As a family business, we have always believed in supporting the community. My father was a major factor in the building of the local library and the building of a new hospital. I have been the fund- raising chair of the Northumberland United Way, walked in high healed shoes for 12 consecutive years to raise money for the local women’s shelter as well as running an auction during our hospital galas. My latest endeavour is volunteering for the local mass COVID vaccination clinic. You can find me there, supervising a crew of volunteers in an attempt to crush the virus.
Scott MacCoubrey
Owner/Operator
MacCoubrey Funeral Home