Funeral Gatherings have now increased to 100 people! Below are the measures that are being implemented to ensure the safety of everyone who attends services at Gardner Funeral Home.
• Common areas to be wiped down with disinfectant before, during and after each gathering.
While these measures apply to our facilities, different guidelines may apply to an offsite venue, therefore the gathering size and guidance may differ. We thank everyone for their understanding and we look forward to welcoming the public back into our home!
Funeral Gatherings have now increased to 50 people! Below are the measures that are being implemented to ensure the safety of everyone who attends services at Gardner Funeral Home.
• Common areas to be wiped down with disinfectant before, during and after each gathering.
This is truly an unprecedented time, and we are here for ANY family that is in need of our services at ANYTIME under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE!
In order to curtail community-spread and provide for adequate social distancing, all residents are ordered to remain in their residences and not gather publicly. All public funeral gatherings, viewings or ceremonies therefore should not be conducted in the funeral home, place of worship, cemetery or crematory until further notice. Only immediate family will be permitted to privately identify, participate in a non-public viewing and/or abbreviated service and witness the final disposition (if the individual cemetery or crematory permits).
We also have easily accessible teleconferencing available for face-to-face arrangement conferences with our licensed Funeral Directors; webcasting for private and/or public access to a viewing or funeral; and secure, remote e-signatures for legal documents relating to a funeral service.
As per the Diocese of Camden, those who wish to have a Catholic service must follow these guidelines outlined by the Bishop:
“While a public memorial can be scheduled for a later date, the burial of the dead may need to occur before that date – our cemeteries will be open, but pastors and funeral directors must limit those in attendance at a burial to 10 persons including the priest or deacon. The pastor/priest should celebrate a private Mass without a congregation on the day of burial for the deceased and inform the family that he has or will do so.”
Please contact us for questions and guidance at anytime. We will get through this together!
As always thank all of you for being there for us when we need your professionalism and sympathy. Thank you do.