Matthews Funeral Home Ltd, Melville

750 6th Avenue West

Melville, SK S0A 2P0

Phone: 306-728-4221

Fax: 306-728-4192

Email: matthewsltd@sasktel.net

Immediate Need

If you have immediate need of our services, we're available for you 24 hours a day.

Pre-Arrangement

A gift to your family, sparing them hard decisions at an emotional time.

Obituaries & Tributes

It is not always possible to pay respects in person, so we hope that this small token will help.

Order Flowers

Offer a gift of comfort and beauty to a family suffering from loss.

General Links

Bereavment.ca

Website: http://bereavement.ca/

Another fine Canadian site with many helpful articles relating to grief and bereavement from the viewpoint of a bereaved person.

Canada Pension Plan

Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/cpp/survivor.shtml

This is the site of Service Canada and outlines the Canada Pension Plan's death benefits available to a pensioner's estate and/or survivirs.

Exquisite Enterprises Inc.

Website: http://www.saskatchewan-caskets.com/

Exquisite Enterprises is a manufacturer of hardwood caskets and is located right here in Melville, Saskatchewan. As a result of their location and the quality of their product, they are our primary supplier of hardwood caskets. Any product seen on their web site is available through our funeral home. Please see our Catalogue of Products page for the caskets we generally stock.

FamilySide/Purple Shield

Website: http://www.purpleshieldsk.ca/

This is the preplanning website for FamilySide/Purple Shield Saskatchewan office. This site provides good information on preplanning and offers you a free funeral planning booklet. Please see the Frequently Asked Question section - it will answer most of your questions

Funeral and Cremation Services Council

Website: http://www.fcscs.ca/

The FCSCS is the regulating body of funeral homes, funeral directors and crematoriums in Saskatchewan. The council's website has useful information for consumers of funeral goods and services in Saskatchewan.

Funeral Service Association of Canada

Website: http://www.fcscs.ca/

The FSAC is a national association of funeral directors. Their web site has useful information for the general public.

Genesis Bereavement Resources

Website: http://www.genesis-resources.com/

A Canadian site offering information and assitance with respect to bereavement

Imperial Caskets

Website: http://www.theimperialgroup.ca/

This company is our primary supplier of metal caskets and is one of two that supplies our cloth-covered caskets (the other one currently does not have a web site). Please see our Catalogue of Products page for the caskets we generally stock.

Melville Advance

Website: http://www.melvilleadvance.com/

This is the web site of our local weekly newspaper. The site contains a list of all obituaries published, sorted by year. Although the obituaries do not appear on-line, copies are available for purchase for a small fee.

Obituaries and Memoriums

Website: http://www.saskobits.com/

This is the on-line obituary service of the Leader-Post which is the daily paper from Regina, serving all of southern Saskatchewan.

Order of the Golden Rule

Website: http://www.ogr.org/consumerpage.php

For several years now, our funeral home has been an invited member of the International Order of the Gloden Rule and is currently Saskatchewan's only OGR member. You can find out more about what this means, along with valuable information about funerals, at the OGR web site.

Pacific Urns (Memorial Jewelery)

Website: http://www.pacificurns.com/

Pacific Urns is our supplier of memorial jewelery. We always have a selction of their products in stock and can order any item seen on their web site. Please note that their items are not solely for those chosing cremation, but can be used in other ways to remember a loved one.

Thumbies

Website: http://www.meadowhillco.com

Thumbies are a unique and very personal way in which to remember a loved one. Using the person's finger or handprint, a very special memorial tribute is created.

Veterans Affairs Canada

Website: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/bereavement

This is a very informative site with information regarding death benefits for veterans of Canada's armed forces.

FSAC CIGFA Purple Shield Canada