Faced with current Coronavirus pandemic concerns, the free web streaming service available for all funerals held in the TS Burstow Chapel could relieve stres...
If you have lost someone special, especially in the past year, you might be questioning where the joy is this Christmas season, or how you can possibly have...
Funeral Directors are like any other professional or businessperson…those who charge the least intend to do the least,they cannot afford to do otherwise.
For thousands of years, funerals have been a means of expressing our beliefs, thoughts, and feelings about the death of someone we love.
Sometimes as carers, it’s difficult to acknowledge that we need to also care for ourselves.
This may seem a strange question, but these days too often we are urged to simply dispose of the body of a loved one – ‘just cremate me’, ‘get over it’, ‘hav...
We all want to protect our kids from any form of hurt or sadness but, since we don’t live in a perfect world, the best we can do is give them the tools to de...
For centuries, funerals have helped us say goodbye.
Without love there is no grief, but who wants to live without love?
"I love it,” says new catering manager and chef Sarah Walker of her first 3 months at Burstows Funerals.
Too often, long-time funeral director Don Burstows has witnessed families"saying goodbye and wishing they knew more".
Music plays such a soothing, healing, spiritual and energising role in our lives from our earliest days that it makes perfect sense it is also an essential p...
Please think before you click: Scammers are targeting grieving family and friends by pretending online to be genuine businesses to access your money or other...
The smell, the presentation, the sharing of food and drink, bring us together, nourish our spirits, warm us from the inside, and help us to feel a little mor...
When is the best time to discuss a funeral?
Experiencing the death of a loved one changes us and our world as we know it.
Not everyone cries.
A meaningful funeral experience is vital to the present and long-term mental and emotional health of those grieving.
We all experience the death of a loved one – someone we know and care about – at some point in our lives but for some, sadly, that loss comes earlier than fo...
The aim of all the books highlighted in this and the previous blog is to provide understanding and hope.
As Invocare, an international company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, announces its recent purchase of Australian Heritage Funerals, Burstows Funera...
You can choose an unattended cremation for yourself or a loved one and still deal with the local family business with a proven reputation for excellence, and...
Faced with current Coronavirus pandemic concerns, in what is already a very difficult time, the team at Burstows are here to assist you every step of the way.
A workplace culture of supporting each other, genuine team spirit and a definite commitment to getting things right for clients is what sets working at Burst...
Did you know that the best way to move forward is sometimes to look backwards?
Last edition, I illustrated how the meaningful funeral ceremony is like a tapestry.
