Knight Funeral Home

02/25/2026

Making the Decision to Prefund your Funeral

When preplanning a funeral, individuals and families essentially have two choices. Some decide to prearrange only. With this option a folder is created that includes decisions made on the services that are selected. This becomes a working copy of what will be done at the time of death.

Some individuals and families also choose to prefund their funeral in addition to the prearrangements they make. Two benefits of prefunding are: not burdening surviving family members with payment for services and secondly, freezing prices. Services which are prepaid avoid inflation. Funds are placed in trust and earn income over time, offsetting increases in price.

Many families we serve opt to have arrangements paid for in advance. To find out more about prefunding, please contact us.

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02/24/2026

Beatty-With much sadness the family of the “delightful!, marvelous!, Fantastic!” (if you know you know), Janet Victoria Beatty (nee Vaughan) announces her peaceful passing on Monday February 23, 2026 at Twin Lakes Terrace Nursing Home at the age of 81 years. Jan is survived by: her beloved child...

02/21/2026

Scott- Peacefully surrounded by her loving family at the Bluewater Health Palliative Care Unit in Sarnia on Thursday February 19, 2026. Carol Ann Scott, age 81 years of Courtright. Much loved wife of Jim Waybrant for 42 years. Loving mother of Leslie Daborn and her husband Art of Sarnia, Leah Praill...

02/20/2026

Just Breathe

Sometimes individuals experience stress and anxiety when grieving. This can lead to a variety of symptoms including rapid breathing, sweating, fatigue, increased heart rate and difficulty concentrating. Fear and worrying can dominate personal thought patterns and physical ailments can follow.

If experiencing anxiety, firstly take a moment and compose yourself. It’s about redirecting your focus from a state of panic to a state of calmness. Sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Elongate your back and begin to slow your rate of breathing. If comfortable close your eyes and focus on your surroundings. Listen to the sounds around you. Feel your feet on the floor and your hands beside you. Focus on your breath as you inhale and exhale. Try to breathe deeply from the abdomen. Notice your chest and belly expanding and contracting.

Focus on the here and now, focus on your body as air enters and exits your lungs. Find a place of relaxation and calm. Continue to just breathe until you become comfortable.

If you continue to have anxiety over time consult your physician. They will assess if you need additional support with this condition.

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02/20/2026

McKillican- Peacefully with his wife by his side at Marshall Gowland Manor, Sarnia, on Wednesday February 18, 2026. William Benjamin “Ben” McKillican, age 83 years of Corunna. Devoted husband of almost 50 years to Dianne. Ben was predeceased by; his parents, Muggs and Harriet McKillican; his BBB...

02/20/2026

Cunningham- It is with immense sorrow and a profound sense of loss that we announce the unexpected passing of Zachary Scott Cunningham. Zach passed away on Sunday February 15, 2026 at the young age of 38. He was the loving son of Wayne and the late Colleen Cunningham (2025). He leaves behind his tre...

02/16/2026

Amid the grief of losing a loved one, it can be difficult to articulate the impact that person had on your life and…

02/12/2026

Monteiro- It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Manuel Monteiro on February 8, 2026. Manny was born in the Azores and immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents and siblings, eventually settling in Strathroy, Ontario. In 1971, he married Dianne Swartz, with whom he spent....

02/11/2026

The Turning of the Bones Ritual

In Madagascar, certain ethnic groups practice Famidihana, or ‘the turning of the bones’ ritual. This occurs every 5 to 7 years, where crypts of deceased family members are visited, the bodies are exhumed and families spend the day with their loved one, before they are reclothed and interred back in the family plot. Their skeletal remains are then turned upside down to so that the foot of the grave now becomes the head of the grave.

This practice has at its core, the belief that those who die do not immediately leave this world. The ritual serves these primary purposes: it is a family gathering of sort, where the deceased can reconnect with relatives, it also facilitates the decomposition of the deceased and lastly the deceased is given new garments to wear, replacing old tattered remnants.

The ritual needs to be completed before nightfall, when negative energy and evil powers are present.

How we choose to honour and celebrate the lives of our loved ones varies widely around the world, from our funeral practices here in North America to more elaborate rituals abroad.

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02/10/2026

Please Share: Petition (read below)
In a practice commonly referred to as obit scraping or obit piracy, third party websites are copying obit information from funeral home websites and adding modified death notices to their own platform. This practice is done without the family’s or funeral home’s approval.

Additionally, they are selling online memorial products and profiting from this practice.

A petition is underway to gauge public interest to see if this practice should be ceased. To indicate you wish current legislation changed to protect grieving families, please see the below link and sign: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6997

02/06/2026

A Movie about Death, Remembering and Life
Elizabethtown

This flick follows Drew, (Orlando Bloom), a sports shoe designer who is having a very bad week. His new design is a flop and his father has died. Then on a flight to make funeral arrangements ‘to get Dad home’, he meets Claire, (Kirsten Dunst), a talkative somewhat overbearing flight attendant.

When he arrives at Elizabethtown, everyone is very friendly and the small-town charm is very noticeable. This hospitality comes with a cost though; there’s a way funeral goodbyes are supposed to happen in Elizabethtown and what Drew wants to do doesn’t fit into the plan of townsfolk.

This drama, romance comedy lightly portrays key life events: funerals, marriages and new love. It is sprinkled with scenes that touch on many contemporary choices we make. There’s the flip phone conversation, the road trip and an unforgettable eulogy.

Sometimes talking with a total stranger is the best medicine, sometimes that is just what is needed.

This movie’s upbeat portrayal of how a young adult faces the death of a loved one is sure to resonate with many… a good watch if in need of some light entertainment to soothe the soul.

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2h 3m | PG-13

02/06/2026

HAYES, Rose Alberta Jean — With heavy hearts, we announce the peaceful passing of Rose Alberta Hayes on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at Bluewater Health, at the age of 94. Rose lived a long and full life, marked by resilience, quiet strength, and an unwavering kindness toward others. She was the b...