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Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery

First Memorial Funeral Services & Garden of Memories

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250-658-5244

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4725 Falaise Drive
Victoria, BC V8Y1B4

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First Memorial Funeral Services® and Garden of Memories have worked as sister locations to provide funeral, cremation and burial services in the Victoria community for more than 56 years.

A pillar in the Victoria community, the funeral home is situated on 2.5 beautiful acres replete with established trees and an abundance of flowers, providing families a quiet place to honour their loved ones. A newly remodelled chapel reflects the beauty of the surrounding cemetery grounds. It is a versatile space designed to meet the needs of modern families, so that regardless of the type of service you choose—from traditional to contemporary—your friends and family will feel welcome and comfortable.

Amenities

Location

Flexible event space
Facility is available to host your personal events
Celebration of Life center
Facility is designed for personalized funeral celebrations
Veterans cemetery section
Flexible chapel space
Our chapel can be used for hosting your religious events
Outdoor pavilion
Waterside views
Chapel
Cemetery spaces available
Custom headstones and markers
Piano/Organ on site
Family estates
Family Estates are a distinguished tribute to a family legacy. They can be customized with stained glass, benches and landscaping
Upright headstones
Coffee lounge
Pet-friendly
Onsite cemetery

Service

Catered events
Event planning
Services available to support planning events
Outdoor celebrations
Options to have your personalized celebrations on outdoors on our property
Arrangements by phone and email
complete funeral planning without needing a funeral home visit
Tribute video production
Services available to create a tribute video for the service or obituary from photos and videos.
Audio and video equipment
Live music available
Popular music selections
Intimate reception area
Meeting space
space available for corporate and organization meetings

Religious & Cultural

Multicultural funerals
Ritual washing

Cremation

Scattering garden for ashes
Cremation remembrance jewelry
Cremation viewing suite
Cremation cemetery options
Cremation niches
Option for home delivery of ashes
Option for mail delivery of ashes
Scattering assistance
Cremation gardens

Cremation gardens and brick niche walls at Garden of Memories

Our Difference

We want you to feel confident planning a funeral for yourself or a loved one. Here are some of the unique benefits we offer to help relieve your family of emotional and financial burdens.

National plan transferability
Personal Planning Guide
Free online obituary
Price protection
Experts in honoring veterans
Away from home protection
Celebration of life
Compassion help line
100% Dignity Service Guarantee

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About

Personalized funerals

Chapel at First Memorial Funeral Services Our mission at First Memorial Funeral Services is to help families create personalized funerals and memorials. This approach keeps us open to traditional religious rites as well as contemporary gatherings that deeply reflect a person's life. That means that whether you want a basic cremation with cremated remains scattered in a personally meaningful place, a funeral at the funeral home with cemetery burial nearby, or a modern celebration of life with live music and a send-off that expresses the passions of yourself or your loved one, we are happy to deliver. If you can imagine it, we can make it happen.

Whether traditional or increasingly creative, our funerals and memorials leave lasting and healing impressions on families and their guests. First Memorial Funeral Services is the leader in funeral services in the Victoria community, and the care that our staff provides is unmatched. In addition to conducting funerals and arranging cremations, we will forward or receive remains. We are a non-denominational funeral home and work with all churches and cemeteries.

On-site cremation services

Not everyone knows that there are many cremation options. If you are interested in cremation, the funeral home team can explain the process and different options. From a direct cremation without a memorial service or a witness cremation to a full funeral service before or after the cremation and more, we help you understand this increasingly common choice—and handle all of the cremation arrangements. Our on-site crematorium means that your loved one never leaves our care.

People you can count on

Our caring team members are all professionally trained, provincially licensed and accredited. They are dedicated, innovative and committed to excellence. Whether you need a simple cremation with no service or a highly personalized celebration of life, we at First Memorial Funeral Services are honoured to serve you. Feel free to call us 24 hours a day.

Garden of Memories

Columbariums at First Memorial Garden of Memories Unique to Vancouver Island, the Garden of Memories is a place to memorialize loved ones who have chosen cremation. Nestled in a hollow adjacent to Victoria's Royal Oak Burial Park, it offers a tranquil setting for families and friends to gather and reflect. Thoughtfully situated between elegant gazebos and winding paths are a range of inurnment choices: granite columbaria, memorial books, ossuaries, urn gardens, gazebo niches, scroll walls, terraced brick wall niches and family estate memorials beautifully finished in natural stone. A waterfall provides a gentle soundtrack; delicate patterns of rain and sunlight dance across the pond.

Community service

Throughout the year, First Memorial Funeral Services holds a number of events. Reflections is one of those special occasions. Held each December, the service allows families the opportunity to come together and remember their loved ones during the Christmas season. We also open our doors to Victoria community organizations for meetings, luncheons and other events.

History

Cemetery grounds at First Memorial Funeral Services "A company that is dedicated to compassionately supporting families at difficult times, celebrating the significance of lives that have been lived, and preserving memories that transcend generations, with dignity and honour." That is our philosophy at First Memorial Funeral Services.

It's a philosophy that emerged during the Vietnam War, when many people were facing the emotional and financial burdens of burying their loved ones. Our founders believed that everyone was entitled to a dignified funeral service. Today, we hold true to the same simple belief and continue the tradition of affordable, compassionate service. To that end, our facilities' prices for burial and cremation have remained affordable—without sacrificing professionalism, quality or care.

An enduring legacy

First Memorial Funeral Services has served Canadian families since 1961. Through the years, we grew from a single funeral home location to a network of funeral homes throughout British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. We provide a range of services to meet the ever-changing needs of the people for whom we care.

Today, First Memorial Funeral Services and Garden of Memories are members of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers, offering compassionate care and personalized service you can trust.

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS

Upcoming Events

We cherish the community we serve and invite you to join us for our upcoming events.

The Compassionate Friends (TCF): Victoria Chapter

Every 4th Tuesday (January-November)
7:00 - 9:00pm
Garden Room at First Memorial Funeral Services
4725 Falaise Drive
Victoria, BC V8Y 1B4

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is an international, non-profit, non-religious, self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, grief education and HOPE for the future to all families who have experienced the death of a child at any age, from any cause.

Our primary purpose is to aid parents in the positive reconciliation of the grief experienced upon the death of a child and to support their efforts to achieve physical and emotional health.

The secondary purpose is to provide information and education about bereaved parents, their surviving children, and the grieving process. The objective is to help those in the community including family, friends, employers, co-workers, and professionals to be supportive.

There are no membership fees; contributions are voluntary.

Learn more about TCF.

Chapter Contact: Sue Ross 250-478-9270 | Chapter Leader: Susan Doyle Lawrence 250-474-1246 | Victoria@TCFCanada.net

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24 Oct

Love in a Grief Journey

7:00pm - 9:00pm
4725 Falaise Drive
Victoria BC V8Y1B4

How we personally express and receive love is crucial to know in our grief journey.

Rick Bergh (M.Div., CT, NT) is a best-selling author, narrative therapist, thanatolgist and ordained minister. He speaks, trains and provides workshops in the area of death, dying and grief throughout Canada and the United Sates.

For more information and to RSVP, please call
250-658-5244.

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21 Nov

Get Started

7:00pm - 9:00pm
4725 Falaise Drive
Victoria BC V8Y1B4

Communication strategies to begin end-of-life conversations.

Rick Bergh (M.Div., CT, NT) is a best-selling author, narrative therapist, thanatolgist and ordained minister. He speaks, trains and provides workshops in the area of death, dying and grief throughout Canada and the United Sates.

For more information and to RSVP, please call
250-658-5244.

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24 Nov

Photos with Santa

11:00am - 2:00pm
First Memorial Funeral Services
4725 Falaise Drive
Victoria, BC V8Y 1B4

Dignity Memorial and The Victoria Humane Society present Photos with Santa, with plenty of time to add a cute photo to your Christmas cards! Come have a picture taken with Santa – pets, kids, you, everyone welcome!

Your photo with Santa is free, but a donation to the Victoria Humane Society will be graciously accepted. (Suggested donation: $10/photo) See you there!

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5 Dec

Reflections Candlelight Memorial Service

7:30pm
First Memorial Garden of Memories
4725 Falaise Drive
Victoria, BC

We invite you to our annual candlelight service in honour of those who have passed away. In the spirit of Christmas, we will be accepting donations to CFAX Santas Anonymous to help less fortunate children in our community. Donations of toys or $5 for every candle lit will be accepted in advance or at the door.

The candlelight service will be held outside, so attendees should dress appropriately for the weather. Refreshments will follow the service. Please call to RSVP or for more information: 250-658-5244 or 250-384-5512.

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