Pre-Planning Options for
Cremation & Burial Services
Pre-Payment Options
Pre-paying for your cremation and/or burial reduces stress and financial burden on your loved ones after your passing.
What You Can Do In Advance
Taking time to arrange your cremation and/or burial now leaves one less thing loved ones will need to worry about once you’ve passed.
Benefits of Pre-Planning
Pre-planning gives yourself, your family, & friends peace of mind. It’s easy. Anyone can do it. You can change your mind at any time.
While people spend months planning events like weddings & trips, few think about the one event that is certain to happen: their death. While most people do not want to think about their own mortality, the time to pre-plan your cremation and/or burial is now. The primary advantage of pre-arranging these matters is to relieve the burden of those decisions on your loved ones in an emotional time, and to ensure your cremation and/or burial is carried out according to your wishes, eliminating any second-guessing as to what you would have wanted. Pre-planning, and pre-paying for them, are two of the most thoughtful gifts you can give your family.
We are here to help you every step of the way.
Pre-Payment Options
Pre-planning for your cremation and/or burial reduces the stress of decision-making on your loved ones after your passing. By pre-paying, you also ease the financial impact on your estate and your family and protect you & your family from inflation.
In Ontario, any growth in your pre-planning account is tax-free and if your pre-arranged service ends up costing less than the amount you have put aside, those excess funds will be refunded back to your beneficiaries. For more information on this aspect, simply speak to our staff.
Each year thousands of people decide to pre-plan and pre-pay for these services. These plans are designed to be flexible & that can occur in people’s lives.
What You Can Do in Advance
Decide on Burial or Cremation: Belleville offers a variety of options to fit your preferences
Pick what type of service you want: Traditional Burial, Natural Burial, Scattering Ground
Designate pallbearers, pick music or readings you want at your service
Choose a funeral service provider to carry out your wishes
Benefits of Pre-Planning
Between 70 and 75 decisions are required within the first 24-48 hours after a death. It is difficult to think rationally while making so many decisions within days of losing a loved one. Taking the time to arrange your cremation and/or burial now leaves many fewer decisions your loved ones will need to worry about once you are gone.
It’s easy – anyone can do it.
Gives yourself, your family, & friends peace of mind
Change your mind at any time
Donate to Belleville Cemetery
The Belleville Cemetery Company is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the provision and maintenance of final resting places for the citizens of Belleville and the surrounding area in a serene, park-like setting. The Cemetery is operated solely for the benefit of the public. Charitable receipts will be issued for all donations.