SDF Creations

Can you have a traditional funeral without high costs? Introduction What can you do if you want a traditional funeral...Read More

What exactly is a Direct Cremations? The Direct Cremation has become a more popular option over the years.  For some...Read More

Do you have to do everything a person requests for their funeral?   Sometimes when a person dies, they have...Read More

Is it possible to do a funeral yourself… well not for yourself, but for someone else – usually a family...Read More

This life we live is full of uncertainty.  For example, we know all too well how the weather one day...Read More

The history of the coffin probably goes back to Egyptian times. Now these people took death very seriously, because of...Read More

Five Things That Makes Us Different From Other Funeral Homes? Not Better / Not Worse – Different The first thing...Read More

Is big business taking over the funeral industry? Most of the major funeral homes in New Zealand are now owned...Read More

Introduction Planning funerals is not something most people do often, which can make the process feel overwhelming. When it does...Read More

IntroductionI want to make it clear that I am unsure if this is true. However, it is reportedly happening overseas....Read More

IntroductionThe feedback I receive from families is incredibly important to us. The vast majority is very positive, and I certainly...Read More

I remember the days when all shops closed on Sunday.  I think Saturday morning shopping was a new idea just...Read More

Growing up in the 1980’s A few years ago when my kids said something to me that I won’t forget. ...Read More

A short SDF series onWhat do you do when…. 5. Family Members Don’t Get On?   How to survive family...Read More

Five Things That Makes Us Different From Other Funeral Homes Not Better / Not Worse – Different #2  We Only...Read More

There are those who do not worry about the costs of a funeral.  They want all the optional extras.  This...Read More

Five years ago Simple Direct Funerals started as Purely Cremations.  To be fair I started then, but I didn’t have...Read More

Five things you don’t need to worry about when planning a funeral. Many people speak of the number of things...Read More

SDF – How Less is More In a past life, I have conducted more funeral services than I can remember....Read More

Overcoming the Fear of Funerals The other day, I was arranging a funeral with a family for their husband, father,...Read More

What happens to a body after it dies?  This isn’t so much about the spiritual after life beliefs people have. ...Read More

Click-Bait – Why? Most of us know what click-bait is – that online headline that entices us to click on...Read More

I haven’t watch TV news all year and guess what….. Something changed with TV news.  I remember Dougal Stevenson, Richard...Read More

Low-Cost Funerals Is there such a thing? IntroYou may not have noticed that today many funeral homes now promote affordable...Read More

How Involved Should You Get Helping With Your Loved One Who Just Died? That title ↑ seemed to go on...Read More

The Trials of Man-Flu On Friday I succumbed to the dreaded man-flu.  I had a cough and felt dizzy and...Read More

The other day, a person came to discuss funeral options. After an unpleasant experience last year when her brother passed...Read More

Why is it Good to Talk about our Mortality? If you didn’t realise – January has almost come and gone. ...Read More

Here are the most googled questions asked about funerals. Is embalming necessary?No.  Ninety-nine percent of the funerals I’ve conducted have...Read More

It is a well known reality that funerals can cost a lot of money – the budget blowout.  Even when...Read More

Well, it’s the season when we see the often-mysterious and shy politicians emerging from the dark places within the Beehive....Read More

“What do you need to do to have a funeral?” A funeral is a very personal and in some cases...Read More

I reserve the right to do more – without increasing costs  One of the best things about being your own...Read More

Saying goodbye is never easy. It can be tough to let go of the people and things that mean so...Read More

Planning and paying for your funeral ahead of time is often encouraged by funeral homes and insurance companies.  They have...Read More

15 things Funeral Homes don’t want you to know  1.  Don’t pay in advance for a funeral. Yes, you can...Read More

Introduction Often, I have people asking me how they can arrange their funeral so it will not be a burden...Read More

A short SDF series #3  What do you do when….  when you want a funeral without the huge expense?  There...Read More

Simple Direct Funerals started because people who wanted a very simple “no-fuss” funeral were still paying a lot of money. ...Read More

Pre-Paying Funerals is it worthwhile? There are times when people ask me about pre-paying for a funeral – usually their...Read More