Funerals are an important rite common across most cultures—while individual traditions and rituals may differ, funerals nonetheless remain customs that typically bring families, friends, and communities together in shared grief, love, celebration, and support.

They let you say goodbye and facilitate closure.

Death can be hard to accept, especially while grief is still raw.

Funerals are a crucial milestone on the journey through grief that can allow you to say farewell to your loved one and take the first steps to moving forward in their absence.

They let you celebrate life and reflect on legacy.

No two funerals should be identical.

At Mattiske Funerals, we ensure that every funeral is appropriately, and sensitively, tailored and personalised—and by doing so this allows funeral attendees to properly pay tribute and share treasured experiences and memories of the unique life that’s no longer with us.

They bring people together in mutual connection.

Perhaps most important is the solidarity that comes from funerals.

After all, funerals allow that rare moment of unity, where it’s okay to cry and be emotional, and where families, friends, and communities can console and support each other through what is often—even at the best of times—a highly challenging period.

Ultimately, funerals are important not just because of the life being farewelled and celebrated, but because they bring people together and give them the open door, the ‘permission’, to freely express their emotions and also reach out in support of others.

For help with funeral planning, contact the understanding and caring team at Mattiske Funerals today to learn more about how we can help.