Modern Celebrations & Cremations

09/12/2025

We recently celebrated our 2nd Annual Letters to Loved Ones Scattering Ceremony.

For more information on what this program is about, please visit our website at https://mcadamsfh.com/199/Letters-To-Loved-Ones.html

The following is short stanza from this year’s keepsake “Forget Me Not”
which was just one part of this heart warming gathering.

“Don’t remember me with sadness, Don’t remember me with tears, Remember me with laughter, We’ve shared throughout the years. …”

Please enjoy a few photos from the 30 minute ceremony.

09/02/2025

Reminder of this upcoming event, one week from today, on September 9. Whether you have wrote a letter, had someone recently pass away or just miss someone, everyone is welcome to this beautiful event.

Letters to Loved Ones, date set.

08/13/2025

Did you know we offer other services, such as preplanning?

08/11/2025

Letters to Loved Ones, date set.

07/03/2025

Recently some of our staff had an opportunity to enjoy the Fredericton Community Foundation’s dinner - Philanthropy in Action. We are happy to support this great event!

02/28/2025

11/15/2024

We have exciting news!

We are delighted to announce that our Managing Director Lori Barton has become a shareholder in the business.

Lori joined us as an apprentice funeral director in 2000 and has served hundreds of families in and around Fredericton and Oromocto in the almost 25 years since. She has played a key role in the growth and development of the business and, having been appointed Managing Director earlier this year, now leads our entire service team overseeing day-to-day operations.

This move represents the initial stage of a succession plan to secure the future of our company for both our customers and employees. "From the beginning Lori has been a contributor to our business; compassionate, attentive to detail and a leader," says McAdam's President Andrew Perry. "And now, her knowledge and experience make her the ideal candidate to steward McAdam's next chapter. Our company has a proud legacy of new leadership emerging from within and we are thrilled to see that continue."

While there will be little immediate change in roles - and absolutely no disruption to our services - Lori has begun to take on some new responsibilities and is working closely with Andrew to advance her skills in management of the overall business.

See the full announcement here:
https://mcadamsfh.com/Announcement

11/04/2024

Recently a few of our staff had a McDonalds experience like never before, with Celebrity Servers wearing white gloves, a special performance by renowned Violin and Viola player Natalia Delacroix, and more!
Local McDonald’s restaurant owners, along with Riverview Ford/Lincoln, once again hosted this special evening of food, community, and fun at their Prospect Street location. All proceeds went in support of the Chalmers Foundation’s Cancer Support Program.

10/26/2024

Our newest Director receives recognition and a national award! We are very proud of you Kira!

09/20/2024

Recently our “Letters to Loved Ones” Program had its 1st Annual Memorial Scattering Ceremony. For full details on what this Program is about, please see our website: https://mcadamsfh.com/199/Letters-To-Loved-Ones.html

The following are a few quotes taken from the ceremony, which was held on September 17, 2024.

“Tonight is about remembrance, love and treasured thoughts. Many of you have brought letters and cards to our memory mailbox over the last year. In these, I’m sure, are your written memories, your inner thoughts or maybe just a day-to-day conversation you wrote to your loved one. We have collected all of these written treasures together and brought them down to their smallest form of ash, to scatter amongst our memorial garden.”

“We do hope that our ceremonial scattering here tonight brings a measure of comfort to you all. This act of remembrance can transform your grief into a tangible expression of farewell. It’s a way of integrating our sorrow into the natural world. Letting our thoughts and feelings be one with the earth and allowing it to foster the growth of a beautiful memorial garden. Let the M. Joyce Perry Memorial Garden be a place you can return to and sit with your thoughts and revel in your memories.”

“Our Letter’s to Loved Ones program is the first of its kind in Canada”

“Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of when or where your loved one died, or where services took place. Your letters will be gathered regularly, and kept safe. Once a year, we will burn the sealed letters, symbolically releasing your messages of love to those you’ve lost. We will then invite you all to gather, as we are today, for a short memorial ceremony, where we will scatter the ashes in our memorial garden” at McAdam’s Funeral Home in Fredericton.

09/16/2024

This is a friendly reminder of the following: The First Memorial Scattering of The Letters to Loved Ones.

McAdam's Funeral Home invites you to our first memorial scattering of Letters To Loved Ones at the M. Joyce Perry Memorial Garden on the Brunswick Street side of the Funeral Home.

09/07/2024

Our very own Charlie Meade recently won a first place ribbon at the FREX, for his clever driftwood creation. Congratulations, Charlie!