Not everyone wishes for a traditional funeral with a big service, funeral cars and flowers. For some its more fitting to arrange a quiet and simple send off.
An Unattended (Direct) Cremation is a dignified and respectful cremation without a service at the crematorium. It gives you the option to arrange a unique and personal goodbye at a later date with the ashes present at a location that is personal to you and your loved one.
An Unattended (Direct) Cremation arranged by Hillier Funeral Service is different to one you might see advertised on TV or online by a national provider.
We offer a unique quiet and simple send off, but you still get all the care support from our experienced team here in Swindon, rather than making the arrangements via a national call centre.
Here’s how we do things:
- Your loved one will be brought into care at our Rodbourne Cheney funeral home. Other providers will take the deceased to a national mortuary, possibly hundreds of miles away.
- We will treat your loved ones in exactly the same way we would if they were having a traditional funeral.
- We will dress your loved one in their own clothes as per your wishes.
- You can visit your loved one before the cremation in one of our Chapels of Rest if you wish. There is a small additional charge for this service, but it is a service a national provider will not offer.
- On the day of the funeral, your loved one will be placed into a coffin and transported to the crematorium in our traditional hearse, not a private ambulance.
- Our team of pallbearers will shoulder carry the coffin into the chapel and will lay it on the catafalque.
- You have the option to choose a piece of music that is played during this time.
- Our team will take a moment with the coffin and bow our heads in respect.
- After the cremation, you can choose to have the ashes scattered in the Garden of Remembrance at the crematorium, or will collect your loved one’s ashes on your behalf.
- We can help you to choose a suitable urn or help you with other ways to keep the ashes, such as memorial jewellery.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your options further please give us a call on 01793 239 236 or get in touch.
Our team at Hilliers Funeral Service are headed up by Mark and Rebecca Hillier (3rd and 4th generation funeral directors in the family). You will be looked after by one of our experienced funeral arrangers who will help guide and support you every step of the way to arrange the Unattended (Direct) Cremation.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your options further please give us a call on 01793 239 236 or get in touch.
An Unattended (Direct) Cremation
A cremation without a service, for a quiet and simple send off.
| What’s included: | |
|---|---|
| All funeral director fees to arrange the unattended cremation | |
| A cardboard coffin (with upgrades available)* | |
| A hearse and pallbearers | |
| The cremation fee at Kingsdown Crematorium | |
| Collection and safeguarding of the ashes in a bio-degradable box (with upgrades available) | |
| Total costs | £1,500 |
| What’s not included: | |
|---|---|
| Chapel of Rest Visits | £100 |
| Collection of the deceased out of normal working hours | £240 |
*Our cardboard coffin comes in sizes up to 6ft 2 tall and 24 inches wide if you loved one requires a larger coffin then we need to charge an extra £100 to have this specially made.
Let us help you arrange an Unattended (Direct) Cremation.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your options further please give us a call on 01793 239 236 or get in touch.
If you decide that an Unattended (Direct) Cremation is not for you, you may wish to instead consider having an intimate service here at Kingshill House.
We have our very own Service Room which gives you the opportunity to say a simple and private goodbye to your loved without the need to visit the crematorium.
The room can hold up to 40 people is a significantly cheaper option than a full crematorium service.
Let us help you create a unique send off for your loved one with a Kingshill House Service & Wake.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your options further please give us a call on 01793 239 236 or get in touch.
If you choose an Unattended (Direct) Cremation you may wish to arrange a simple goodbye to scatter the ashes at a later date at a location that is unique and personal to your loved one and your family.
Or you may wish to keep the ashes in a beautiful presentation urn, or turn some of the ashes into jewellery. There are also lots of other ideas for what to do with ashes. Read more here.
All funeral directors are required by law to publish a price list for a standardised set of products and services.
The aim of these documents is to provide transparency so you can consider your options, make informed choices and compare prices between different funeral directors.
The range of options and choices available to you at Hilliers extend far beyond the standardised price list. We will work closely with you to arrange any funeral you wish, big or small, that suits your individual needs and budget.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your options further please give us a call on 01793 239 236 or get in touch.