Burstows Funerals

Burstows Funerals Burstows has been serving our community and providing complete funeral care for 125 years.

01/08/2025

Burstows’ funeral service sheets are a personal tribute to your loved one, and provide a memento for those who have attended the funeral service, as well as a treasured connection for those who have been unable to attend.

Of course, they also serve the original purpose of allowing funeral attendees to follow the service with ease.

We have a series of prepared Order of Service designs (2-8 pages) available which can be modified to suit your loved one in terms of images, colour and text; or our qualified designers can develop a completely new design to meet your wishes.

To find out more, speak to one of our caring and expert staff. Please call us on 4636 9600 to see how we can serve you with excellence, or go to our website https://www.burstows.com.au/
to discover more about Burstows Funerals.

31/07/2025

The role of Funeral Arrangement Consultant allows you to work with a passionate and multi-skilled team of professionals that embrace the funeral service industry.

“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief” (Aeschylus). Yet, “when someone you love becomes a mem...
25/07/2025

“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief” (Aeschylus). Yet, “when someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure” – such is the complex and contradictory journey through grief towards acceptance and healing.

Photo: Dimitry Anikin

It was an honour to join with Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce and co-celebrate our 125 year anniversary. Thank you to Pres...
24/07/2025

It was an honour to join with Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce and co-celebrate our 125 year anniversary. Thank you to President Myf Rigby, CEO Tanaya Treadwell and Mayor Geoff McDonald

Sharing other people’s stories can open hearts - young and old - to a greater understanding that, while you will never s...
19/07/2025

Sharing other people’s stories can open hearts - young and old - to a greater understanding that, while you will never stop loving and missing the person who died, nothing can take away your memories and, in that way, your loved one will always live on in you.

In our latest News Blog, we highlight more picture books that provide understanding and hope at a time of loss. You and your child may feel exactly as the characters do, or just a little – grief is individual. It may also help friends to understand how others might be feeling or acting after the loss of a loved one.

You can find a synopsis at https://www.burstows.com.au/support-and-resources/news and a range of books are available to be borrowed from our Toowoomba office.

Please contact us about any of our services on 4636 9600.

A selection of picture books dealing with grief is now available to be borrowed from Burstows' Toowoomba office, putting...
12/07/2025

A selection of picture books dealing with grief is now available to be borrowed from Burstows' Toowoomba office, putting the huge concept of loss and its associated feelings into images and words that children can understand.

Children naturally have so many questions when they lose someone they love - we all do! And it can be difficult to know what to say and how much to say (or not say), depending on the child’s age and maturity, and your own beliefs, as well as potentially dealing with your own grief.

Sharing picture books can prompt conversations, let children know that they are not alone in their feelings and experiences, and help them to process these in the safe environment of your home and your arms.

To read a synopsis of four of these books, please see our News Blog, https://www.burstows.com.au/support-and-resources/news/item/the-power-of-picture-books-in-grief-hope-healing-part-1.

We will have details of more books in our next News Blog.

Please contact us about any of our services on 4636 9600.

Can you "mend" a broken heart? ... "When a favourite bowl cracks and breaks, you might glue it back together, and the re...
04/07/2025

Can you "mend" a broken heart? ... "When a favourite bowl cracks and breaks, you might glue it back together, and the repair might hold. Still the bowl is not as good as new. You can still clearly see the break lines ... It's got character ....

"Your mended heart is the same way. It's a patchwork heart. It's working again, only now it has incorporated its latest experience of loss. It's got character, all right. It's got authenticity. It's got a story to tell ..." - grief expert Dr Alan Wolfelt writes in his book First Aid for Broken Hearts.

In the book, Dr Wolfelt acknowledges the many different ways in which our hearts can be broken by unwanted life changes, including the loss of a loved one, but encourages us that we can find ways to live well and even thrive once more, with greater understanding and empathy for the experiences of others.

As well as providing you with caring and exemplary service from your first contact with us, and helping you to commence the important journey of healing as you reconcile your grief, Burstows Funerals provides families we serve with complimentary Bereavement Support. We have partnered with The Grief Centre to ensure that you and your family receive the very best support. Find out more at https://www.burstows.com.au/ or talk to us on 4636 9600.

If you are in crisis, please reach out to Lifeline 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue 1300 224 636.

“I believe that to continue to love is to continue to live. Love always gives our lives meaning, even when it’s intertwi...
25/06/2025

“I believe that to continue to love is to continue to live. Love always gives our lives meaning, even when it’s intertwined with grief,” grief expert Dr Alan Wolfelt writes.

At Burstows, we often talk and write about “healing” from your grief ... this refers to a softening of the pain you feel associated with the loss of your loved one, it does not mean forgetting.

Your love and memories continue, but they gradually become something lighter that you carry with you in your heart, which warm and brighten your day, rather than the almost-physical darkness, weight and chill you may initially feel at that person’s absence.

There is no denying that you will be changed by your loss, that you will have times of sadness, and that your life will be different, but as Dr Wolfelt writes in his book First Aid for Broken Hearts: “…even though you will almost certainly never completely ‘get over’ your heartbreak … it gets better. It gets so much better.”

You can find more support on coping with grief on our website at https://www.burstows.com.au/support-and-resources and https://www.burstows.com.au/support-and-resources/news as well as in Dr Wolfelt's books.

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A loss that is anticipated may not lessen the grief experienced. Perhaps your loved one has had a long-term illness and ...
14/06/2025

A loss that is anticipated may not lessen the grief experienced. Perhaps your loved one has had a long-term illness and you are prepared to an extent for their death;​ perhaps you have begun to grieve before their passing. You may even be relieved that their suffering has ended.

None of this means your love or grief is less. The reality of death, of no longer having that person's physical presence, no longer holding onto hope for a miracle, is still a jolt, and raises all those same feelings of absence, of life having changed, and questioning what now for your own life going forward.

Remembering that person by honouring their life, by gathering with friends to share memories, thinking how that person has enriched your lives and comforting each other in your shared loss through gathering and ceremony - whether it be a funeral or tribute/memorial service - is so important. As is being there ongoing for those closest to that loss.

The Burstow family and team are friendly, caring, empathic professionals committed to doing whatever it takes to serve you with excellence and help you begin healing. Call us for information on (07) 4636 9600, make an appointment to talk in person, or find out more about our services and how we can help you at https://www.burstows.com.au/.

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The warmth of friendship can be needed even more in winter as the temps drop and going outside becomes more of a chore. ...
06/06/2025

The warmth of friendship can be needed even more in winter as the temps drop and going outside becomes more of a chore. When you are grieving, this can be an especially lonely time as shorter days, less sunlight, less time in nature, and less energy impact an already sad, difficult and confusing time.

So, whether you are grieving yourself or you know someone who has lost a loved one, why not pop on a soup, a casserole, or even a cuppa and share some time with someone you've not seen for a while?

Burstows has a large number of resources to help you navigate grief and loss, including our Being There For ... series of guides. Find them at https://www.burstows.com.au/support-and-resources/coping-with-loss. You may also find support in your experiences through our News blog https://www.burstows.com.au/support-and-resources/news

Few things in life are more deeply personal and emotional than farewelling someone you love.At Burstows, we treat each a...
28/05/2025

Few things in life are more deeply personal and emotional than farewelling someone you love.

At Burstows, we treat each and every person who walks through our doors as we would one of our family, providing only the best of care and advice to help you honour the life of your loved one in the way that best reflects them, you and your family's wishes, needs and traditions. The 'right' funeral or tribute service in each instance is the one which will support you as you remember, celebrate, grieve and begin on the often winding path to healing from your loss.

We are here to serve you. Please know that an experienced funeral director is available 24 hours a day 365 days a year to help you in the event of a death in the family on 4636 9600. For more information on our services, call our Toowoomba office on 4636 9600 Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm. You can also find out more online at https://www.burstows.com.au/ , including about our branch offices at , and . We also serve .

Thanks to our region's amazing volunteers. 💜 We'd love you to share your experiences volunteering or receiving support f...
21/05/2025

Thanks to our region's amazing volunteers. 💜 We'd love you to share your experiences volunteering or receiving support from volunteers in the comments below to mark National Volunteer Week this week. Both giving and receiving can be incredibly rewarding, and we know that without volunteers, this wouldn't be the community we are all so proud to call home. Thank you to every person who individually, or as part of a group, freely gives of themselves, their time, talent and skills to improve the lives of others, including through the region's charities, clubs and events.

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