Choosing a memorial service

A memorial service in Melbourne

Q: How much does a memorial service cost in Melbourne?

With a private cremation included, from $8,777 (Simple), $11,412 (Celebrated) or $16,227 (Concierge). If the cremation or burial has already happened, from $8,227, $10,862 or $15,677. All inc GST, with flowers, celebrant and catering added at arrangement.

We arrange and run the whole day, so you can be with the people who came.

Held without the coffin present, after a private cremation or on its own.

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A welcome table with order of service booklets, a guest book and flowers, set before a memorial service

If someone has died

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What it costs

From $9,429 inc GST, with the private cremation and urn includedFrom $8,879 inc GST, when the cremation or burial is already done

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One gathering, two ways it comes about.

A deep green handmade urn held gently in two hands

Most families choose this

A private cremation, then the gathering

We bring them into our care and the cremation takes place privately, with no service. Their ashes come home to you in a handmade urn, and the gathering follows when everyone can be there.

Suits families spread across states or overseas, or anyone who asked for no fuss.

A linen memorial book, order of service booklet and ceramic urn on a table at home

Already farewelled, or couldn’t be

The gathering on its own

The cremation or burial has already happened, with us, another funeral director or overseas, or there was no funeral at all. We arrange and run the gathering.

Suits families with the ashes already home, or an anniversary coming up.

A lot goes into a memorial. We carry all of it.

Families who arrange a memorial themselves often spend the day working instead of being there. This is what we take care of.

The cremation: Private, at a Victorian memorial park, usually within two to three days of the doctor’s certificate. Registrations and the death certificate handled.
The date: Set around who has to travel, weeks or months on.
The venue: Found, booked and checked for parking, access and a wet-weather plan.
The celebrant: Matched to your family and briefed on who they were.
Order of service: Written with you, printed and handed to guests as they arrive.
Music and photographs: Your songs cued, and a photo tribute to music tested on the venue’s screen.
Flowers: Arranged and in place before anyone arrives.
Food afterwards: Numbers, timing and dietary needs sorted with the caterer.
Telling everyone: An online tribute page with the details of the day.
Family far away: A live stream, tested beforehand and recorded to keep.
The ashes: Home to you in a handmade urn before the day, and at the memorial if you’d like them there.
The ashes: At the memorial if you’d like them there, and placed in a memorial garden or niche the same day if you wish.
On the day: We arrive first and leave last. The venue, celebrant and caterer come to us, not you.
Afterwards: The urn, guest book and flowers come home with you, and the tribute page stays online.

Your part: tell us about them, choose what matters, and be there.

Already booked a hall or asked a friend to speak? We work around what you’ve arranged.

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What a memorial costs.

Each price is the complete package, including the private cremation and its fee, the handmade urn and every registration.For when the cremation or burial has already happened. Each price is the complete package for the gathering.

Simple

A chapel at a memorial park, with refreshments in the same grounds.

From $9,429 inc GST

From $8,879 inc GST

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Celebrated

A venue they loved, with the gathering afterwards in the same place.

From $11,879 inc GST

From $11,329 inc GST

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Concierge

Anywhere at all, produced by one senior arranger from start to finish.

From $19,659 inc GST

From $19,109 inc GST

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Included in every memorial

Transfer into our care, day or night, and mortuary care
The private cremation and its fee, registrations and the death certificate
Their ashes home to you in a handmade urn
The memorial arranged and run by us, first to arrive and last to leave
A photo tribute to music, with sound, screen and someone to run them
The order of service designed, and an online tribute page

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Chosen at arrangement

Coffin for the cremation, from $629
Celebrant, from $880
Flowers, from $550
Food afterwards, from $23 a head
Venue hire, at cost
Printed booklets, $300 for 50, and a memorial book, $240
Live stream, from $770 at cost, included with Concierge

Every choice is confirmed in writing, with its price, before it’s booked.

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Held almost anywhere.

Without a coffin, almost any place works: a memorial park chapel, a garden, a club, a restaurant’s private room or your own home. Enter your postcode to see the venues we know near you.

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Memorial services, answered plainly.

What’s the difference between a memorial service and a funeral?

Whether the coffin is there. A funeral is held with the coffin present, before the cremation or burial. A memorial is held without it, so it can be almost anywhere, weeks or months later.

How much does a memorial service cost in Melbourne?

With a private cremation included, from $9,429 (Simple), $11,879 (Celebrated) or $19,659 (Concierge). If the cremation or burial has already happened, from $8,879, $11,329 or $19,109. All inc GST, with flowers, celebrant and catering added at arrangement.

How long after someone dies can a memorial be held?

There’s no deadline. Two weeks and two months are both common, and some families gather a year on. The date follows who has to travel.

Do the ashes need to be at the memorial?

No. Some families place the urn beside a photograph; others keep it at home. If you’d like the ashes placed in a memorial garden or niche on the same day, we arrange it with the park.

Another funeral director did the cremation. Can Candour hold the memorial?

Yes. Bring the ashes, or just the story, and we arrange the gathering from there, from $8,879 inc GST.

Where can a memorial service be held?

Almost anywhere: a memorial park chapel, a garden, a club, a church or hall, a restaurant’s private room, or your own home.

Can family overseas or interstate take part?

Yes. The date can wait for them, and we can live-stream the service, from $770 at cost and included with Concierge. It’s tested beforehand and recorded to keep.

Can we have a religious memorial, such as a memorial Mass?

Yes. We arrange memorials with your parish, temple or community, in the form your tradition asks for.

What if they donated their body to science, or were lost at sea?

A memorial needs no ashes and no coffin. We arrange it as we would any other, and if the ashes come back after a donation, a smaller gathering can follow.

Is a memorial the more sustainable choice?

Often, with no hearse and a coffin chosen for a private cremation rather than display. Whichever you choose, we measure the whole farewell’s emissions and offset them at 150%, and a tree is planted in their name.

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