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CEMETERY SERVICE [5 records]

Record 1 2017-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Funeral Services
OBS

The British Columbia Funeral Association is a membership-based organization representing cemetery, crematorium and funeral service professionals. [Its] mandate is to encourage the highest professional and ethical standards of... members and to provide a voice for the profession. The organization provides continuing education opportunities and annual events for professionals. Additionally, the BC Funeral Association is the only recognized provider of Funeral Service Apprenticeship Training for British Columbia.

OBS

In 2012, the [Funeral Service Association of British Columbia] amalgamated with the Cemetery and Crematorium Association of British Columbia and became the British Columbia Funeral Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Pompes funèbres
OBS

En 2012, l'association Funeral Service Association of British Columbia a fusionné avec l'association Cemetery and Crematorium Association of British Columbia pour créer l'association British Columbia Funeral Association.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

Also known as funeral insurance, final expense plans... offer a guaranteed cash value that grows as the policy matures.... Benefits range from $1, 000 to $25, 000 [with] coverage for the following final expenses :... casket costs, funeral service costs, headstone and engraving costs, cemetery plot expenses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Certaines fabriques pensent déjà à imposer des frais de concession (bail), des frais supplémentaires pour l’inhumation (creusage de la fosse), de l’entretien et possiblement d’autres frais connexes pour espérer rentabiliser un tant soit peu leur cimetière.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Anthropology
CONT

Burial ritual : In the Greek Orthodox Church, burial of the deceased occurs after a church funeral service. Before leaving the church, the priest anoints the body of the deceased in the sign of the cross with oil and earth. At the cemetery, the priest chants the Trisagion prayer... which is repeated three times before the body is committed to the grave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Les rites de sépulture ont toujours tenu une grande place dans l’histoire humaine. Les historiens des temps les plus anciens découvrent dans les sépultures un grand nombre de caractéristiques des civilisations qu’ils analysent. De la même manière dans la Bible, on décrit souvent les rites associés à une époque particulière.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Funeral Services
OBS

... the only international trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, funeral service, cremation and memorialization profession.

OBS

Founded in 1887, it started as the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents. In 1996, it became the International Cemetery and Funeral Association. Since 2007, it is called the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pompes funèbres

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Funeral Services
OBS

The Ontario Association of Cemetery & Funeral Professionals(OACFP) is a non-profit provincial association founded in 1913. Formerly known as the Ontario Association of Cemeteries, the association was initially created as a vehicle for Ontario's cemeterians to exchange ideas and information in order to maintain high professional operations standards and customer service levels. Our cemetery members represent all types of cemetery ownership-municipal, religious, not-for-profit, and commercial, and service approximately 85% of all burials and cremations in the province annually.

OBS

Titles and abbreviation confirmed by the association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Pompes funèbres
OBS

Appellations et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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