Beckett Glaves Family Funeral Centre

05/07/2026

05/07/2026

Funeral Processions and Red Lights – Need to Know Info

With the increase in red light cameras across Brantford and Brant County, we want to share an important reminder regarding funeral processions.

All vehicles in the procession must come to a complete stop at red lights. Funeral processions do not have special privileges under Ontario traffic laws. Proceeding through a red light at a camera-controlled intersection will result in a traffic infraction.

Our priority at Beckett-Glaves and Hill & Robinson is always the safety of every person in the procession and the Community we live and work.

Thank you for your understanding. We do appreciate drivers pulling over safely as a sign of respect for the families we serve.

05/06/2026

View James Myerscough's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

05/04/2026

Celebrate the Dash!

In the poem “The Dash,” written by Linda Ellis a message is conveyed to us about the reading of a eulogy. The eulogist refers to the dash, the line that connects our birth and death. As a metaphor for our lives, we are asked how we spent our dash, did our lives impact others, did we create positive outcomes, did we share kindness?

The dash is important, our lives have an impact on so many others. We share family time with our relatives, we form close bonds with friends, we have special ties with colleagues at our place of work and we dedicate our time and energy to social groups where we have common interests with strangers who eventually become more than that as we get to know them better.

We devote our limited time to both people and causes that are important to us and there are both tangible and intangible benefits from what we do while living. Our dash is so much more than just a line between two numbers.

This is why it is important to celebrate the dash! By recognizing the relationships we’ve shared and by acknowledging and paying tribute to the efforts we’ve made towards others, those we’ve spent time with have the opportunity to reflect and honour how our dash had a positive impact on them.

This is part of what is important to us as we deliver our services at our funeral home. The need to pay respects to someone and to remember them is about honouring and paying tribute to their dash.

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05/01/2026

View Jean Poirier-LaCroix's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

04/30/2026

View Jess Eisler's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

04/30/2026

View Bob Glaves 's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

04/29/2026

Preplanning and Understanding your Unique Wishes

There has never been a time with so many ways for people to choose to have their service. We regularly receive special and unique requests. Niche-based companies will fly one’s urn to outer space; they will mix cremated remains with a structure that becomes a living reef; they will create a compostable vessel that naturally decomposes the body; there are many, many options people are considering when it comes to their final wishes.

Often the choices we see are much less grandiose than the above, but this does not mean they are any less unique. We in funeral services are very aware of the extent to which personalization of a service is coming to the forefront of the ways in which a service is planned.

When you choose to visit with us and indicate your truly one-of-a-kind wishes and requests, we are ready and willing to support you so that what you create is an expression which your family and your well-wishers will remember for some time to come. Whatever you decide on, we are here to help make it happen.

If you would like to talk with us to explore possibilities, let’s get together and go over how you can make what you wish happen.

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04/25/2026

View Helen Roorda's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

04/24/2026

Hearses are among the most identifiable symbols of death. Join us for the ride as we take you down the winding roads of the history of the hearse!

04/23/2026

View Charity Moore's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

04/22/2026

View Darryle Jean Vanderlip's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.