Throughout our life, we are guided in the choices we make. When loved ones pass on, McKenzie's Portage Funeral Chapel is here to help you make the meaningful choices for you and your family. Funeral services are evolving with more attention now being given to a personalized service, offering a true reflection of the person we are honoring and remembering. At McKenzie's we can guide you in:

* creating very special displays of memorabilia and/or pictures 

* special eulogies 

* selecting meaningful musical selections 

* encompassing a theme, highlighting the interests, activities and history of the loved one

Three types of services: 

Casket Funeral Service: This service is when the body is present in a casket at the service and includes pallbearers and interment at a cemetery. Interment could take place prior to the service or following the service. Other options include family or public viewing for last good-byes and/or a prayer service.

Memorial Service: This service most commonly involves cremation. There are many options, including last good-byes and viewing before cremation; the body in a casket present at the service with cremation following:

* The cremains present in an urn at the service; 

* Or no cremains present at the service, possibly a picture in remembrance of the loved one. 

The cremains can be interred before the service, following the service, or kept in safe keeping until such a time as the family wishes to have the interment (ground, niche or scattered).

Graveside Service: This service is exclusively at the grave or columbarium niche in a cemetery. It can be with a casket or an urn. It can be a private family service or open to the public, but may be dependent upon the weather.