Thursday, July 10, 2014

The History And Services Of Funeral Home Smithers

By Rosella Campbell


Smithers began in the 1950s, owned by Emerson family. It first started as an Evergreen institution.In 1969 it was bought by A. F.Defrane and consequently changed its name from funeral home smithers to Funeral Home DeFrane. In the year 1986 its ownership changed again after it was purchased by R. A, Allan Schraderas.

Change in ownership of the organization characterized its activities in subsequent years. Lowen Group bought the it from Allan Schrader leading to change in the name of the institution. The group would later sell it off to Alderwood after a short duration.

The Service Corporation International became the owners in 2007 after purchasing the organization from Alderwoods until December 2008 when they sold it to The Lethbridge Caring Group Corporation.

Smithers has therefore been in existence for more than six decades within the same location since its establishment. Over this period, it has undergone numerous changes that have significantly transformed it, most notably structural adjustments. Some of these changes include ;construction of more structures leading to attainment of more efficiency in comparison to the days of its establishment. Some of these structures include a garade, a prep room, a chapel and a big selection room and casket. Space has also been increased over the years to cater for increase in demand for services rendered here. Some minor changes that have since been effected are establishment of a office from a building that was previously a three bedroom apartment.

Allan Schrader despite selling off the organization earlier, he worked as its manager until the year 2012.However, in the springs of 2012, Allan schrader left the organization to join his sons Darren and Lawrence to work at their Kamloops funeral home. His successor was Paul MacDonald who had previously been the owner of clayton in Quesnel for numerous years.He had worked as its managing director immediately after his retirement before moving to smithers.

The organization still enjoys the services of many other experienced staff who have more than 25 years working experience in this particular field. This has led to maintenance of efficiency in rendering funeral services. Some of the individuals with vast experience include Joe Garcia and Christina Norton.In fact the home is renowned for its well experienced and highly qualified team of directors. Wonderful words such as compassionate and personable have in the past been used to describe these individuals with respect to how they carry out their tasks. The services offered have been described as being caring, courteous and impeccable.

It offers personal and high quality caring services. Their services are largely celebrated as they give full funeral services to all their clients, They offer pre-paid funeral planning, facilities to all cemeteries and cremation among others. The home serves many places such as Houston, Kitwanga, Smithers and Burns Lake.Services are offered twenty four hours a day and seven days in a week.

This company offers services closely at family level, it has helped clients at a personal level to overcome their grief, provides pre-paid funeral planning, cemeteries facilities and cremation services.The home offers services to many areas such as Houston, Kitwanga, Smithers, Smithers BC and Burns lake.The organization renders its services twenty four hours in a day and throughout the weekThese personal and high quality services has made the organization become renowned as one of the most committed to its client welfare since its initiation in the 1950s.Solidifying its impeccable reputation is its history of non discrimination. It believes in service to all people regardless of denomination and faith. This has undoubtedly led to its services being widely celebrated.




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