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    Flexible event space

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    Celebration of life centre

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    Recently renovated

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    Flexible chapel space

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    Beautiful views

About

Thomson In The Park Funeral Home and Cemetery are located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since 1953, the cemetery has provided the finest in burial services to the communities of Fort Garry, Headingley, Oak Bluff, St. Norbert, Ste. Agathe, St. Germain, Fort Whyte, Linden Woods, Wolseley and the Greater Winnipeg region. In 2003, the funeral home opened on the property and provides high quality funeral and cremation services.

Working together, the 2 locations allow families to take care of all their funeral and burial needs.

A funeral home for all people

Reception room at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home and CemeteryThomson In the Park Funeral Home comprises approximately 10,000 square feet and has modernized chapels. We work hard to accommodate the needs of people of any culture or religion who enter our doors. Our team treats your family with the utmost respect and helps plan a funeral or memorial that reflects your family traditions.

We have a great deal of experience conducting funeral services for the Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, Roman Catholic and Italian communities, to name just a few. Team members speak Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Punjabi and Urdu.

Personalized funeral and memorial services

Reception room at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home and CemeteryOur focus at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home is to go above and beyond to create truly personalized funeral and memorial services. In short, we celebrate life. This means different things for different people, but for us it always entails discovering what a person loved, such as a treasured poem, favourite colour or lifelong hobby, and then incorporating those elements into a service with exquisite attention to detail.

What might your loved one's memorial look like? For a motorcycle enthusiast we might plan a processional of bikes. For an artist, we can arrange an art show. We surprised a family with a meal served on their mom’s favorite dishware, complete with the tomato juice she poured every Sunday. Whatever a person’s passions, we make it a point to showcase the things that someone cared about.

Thomson In the Park Cemetery

Cremation garden at Thomson In The Park CemeteryThomson In the Park Cemetery serves the burial and memorialization needs of Fort Garry, Headingley, Oak Bluff, St. Norbert, Ste. Agathe, St. Germain, Fort Whyte, Linden Woods, Wolseley and the Greater Winnipeg region.

The cemetery comprises rolling green lawns with flat bronze grave markers as well as upright monuments. It offers many burial options, including traditional burial, above-ground mausoleum entombment and a cremation garden for scattering and inurnment of cremated remains.

Cremation garden and gazebo

When more and more families began to chose cremation, we opened a cremation garden. Create a Forest has lovely landscaping, meandering streams and towering trees. It provides a tranquil location for people to reflect on a their loved ones' lives. The garden includes cremation boulders, which come in different sizes and shapes and hold urns or other cremation containers.

A handsome gazebo sits on the property and can host a committal ceremony or memorial service.

The Serenity Room

Columbarium at Thomson In The Park CemeteryThe Serenity Room is a secure, climate-controlled, semiprivate room with glass-front cremation niches that can be easily personalized with photographs, flowers and keepsakes. Family members and friends get security codes to the enclosed space. We recommend this option especially for those who will have older visitors, who may be more sensitive to harsh Canadian winters.

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Thomson In The Park Funeral Home and Cemetery are both members of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers, offering personalized service and compassionate care you can trust.

Please call us for any reason at all. We're here for you day and night.

History

Cemetery grounds at Thomson In The Park CemeteryWhat is now Thomson in the Park Cemetery was founded in 1953 on 34 acres of farmland in Fort Garry.

During the 1950s, Winnipeg's Smith family ran multiple cemeteries in the city, including Elmwood Cemetery. The Smiths eventually sold this cemetery, then called Garry Memorial Park, to the city of Fort Garry. The cemetery became synonymous with quality and grew to become a respected part of the community.

Construction on the funeral home began in 2002. It opened in 2003 to meet the funeral and cremation needs of Winnipeg and surrounding communities.

Joining Thomson

In the early 2000s, Garry Memorial Park and the funeral home joined with the oldest funeral business in the city, Thomson. Thomson In The Park Funeral Home and Cemetery carry on a deep tradition of unparalleled service established under the Thomson name.

Evolving services for changing times

Through the years, our commitment has always been to help Winnipeg-area families through one of the most personal and challenging stages of life. We understand the death of a loved one is an emotional and difficult experience. That’s why the funeral home and memorial park work together to provide compassionate, professional and personal services.

Volunteer work and community involvement

The Thomson In the Park teams regularly donate their time to nonprofit organizations and charities. We are involved with the Canadian Diabetes Association. Each year, we volunteer to help with its 10K run, and we provide the facilities for its annual gala that raises money for diabetes research. People on our teams sit on the boards of the Arthritis Society of Canada and the Lions Club South Winnipeg. Thomson In The Park Funeral Home and Cemetery are also involved with the Canadian Association of Retired People.

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Since 2005, many of our customers have taken the time to tell us how we did each year via our Voice of the Customer program. Our star ratings and comments from families come directly from these surveys.

"Kathleen Epp 1935 to 2021 - It was less than 3 months prior that we buried our Father - Arthur Epp. This has been such a very difficult time losing both parents within 3 months. How does one navigate the emotions of the death of a second parent when all the firsts of the first parent have not been experienced or processed? Covid-19 restrictions had slightly lifted and this time our sister from out of province could be at the Funeral Service along with our spouses. We were grateful for that. The Laminated Obituary turned out well as we worked with Kelsey and Bailey to get it just right for our Mom's love of the yellow rose. On the day of the Funeral Service, Aaron asked if he could place a rose from the casket spray in Mom hands just before he closed the casket. That was a fitting gesture as our Mom grew many flowers over the years, but the rose was her favourite. Even though our funeral needs were not within the city limits of Winnipeg all went smoothly. At our Father's Funeral Service, my Mom was very impressed with Funeral Director - Aaron Bowskill. She said, 'I want Aaron as my Funeral Director when my time comes'. And she got her wish. Aaron's down to earth manner had made quite an impression on our Mom, which truly warmed my heart. From the moment I called Donna Olson, General Manager at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home and Cemetery on Saturday morning to ask - 'What do we do?' My Mom has died at home, (about an hour and a half outside the city of Winnipeg) to the Funeral Service at Grace Mennonite Church in Winkler and Grave-side at Graysville Mennonite Church Cemetery - my family experienced true professionalism and grace. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

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April 2021

"Very supportive emotionally"

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March 2021

"Thomson funeral home provided kind, sensitive and efficient care to our loved one and our family. It's always a difficult situation to deal with such a loss. Not knowing what to do, Thomson was wonderful in guiding us through this process. Very kind and caring staff."

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February 2021

"My Mom has Leukemia as well. She is responding to her medications. Because of her health concerns we tried to limit the number of times we had direct contact with her. Thank you Aaron Bowskill FD for guiding and leading my Mother through the service at Grace Mennonite Church in Winkler and at Graysville Mennonite Church Cemetery. Mom loved you and your down to earth manor. Myra Penner-Funeral Attendant, Mom loved your energy and called you a 'Young Girl' Mom said, 'That Young Girl really knows what she was doing'. Dale Hildebrand-Funeral Attendant, thank you for being there and your support. Because Dad had lost so much weight from his cancer, None of his clothes fit him. Winkler is 1 1/2 hours away from Winnipeg. Mom had instructed me to find Dad a black suit to wear. Where was I going to find a suit during COVID-19 lock-down when all the clothing stores were closed in Winnipeg. Sarah Coulson & Richard Wankling offered a suit that Richard could not wear any longer. Thank you so much for taking that pressure off me. Bailey, Kelsey, Marilyn, thank you for your assistance when I called the Funeral Home or needed information. The Laminates were well presented and made in time for the Live Stream viewing. Mom was so pleased with the Laminated Obituary. Live Stream viewing was so appreciated by my family. I am the oldest of 6. My Mother is the oldest of 14. My Dad was the youngest of 7. Our family is spread across Canada and the U.S.A. The Live Stream Viewing assisted many in finding closer for the lose of their Father, Grandfather, Brother, Brother-In-Law and Uncle. Donna, I so appreciate your care and concern for myself and my family. The Team at Thomson 'In the Park' Funeral Home is truly amazing and helped me through this difficult time. Personally, being on the other side of the table has given me an added reminder and appreciation for what we do as a Funeral Home and Cemetery. COVID-19 did not make this any easier. So many of us are going through this difficult time without family being present. My family thanks you from the bottom of our hearts for all you do . . ."

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