OUR STORY
We are here for you.
At Potter’s Field Funerals, we believe in doing things differently. As an independently run funeral home company in Melbourne, trading as a social enterprise, we believe that providing a funeral service is not purely a commercial exchange, it’s a community exchange.
Our funeral home will take the time to understand the needs and requests of your family, provide honest and clear advice, as well as offer you support for a short or long service. We service all areas of Melbourne and regional Victoria, providing affordable and meaningful farewells suited to your budgets and requirements.
At Potter’s Field Funerals, we understand the importance of planning a funeral service just the way you want it, intimate and dignified. From offering low-cost funeral services with no hidden fees to ensuring your family receives the highest standard of care and hospitality, we strive to ensure that your ceremony to bid farewell to your loved one is a memorable and special one.
Our core philosophy is simple; a belief that getting and giving can be one.
By choosing our funeral home company, you are providing other families with the right to a quality, dignified service. We believe everyone, no matter what their financial, social or family circumstances may be, are deserving of a meaningful farewell for their loved ones. This is why your choice of a Potter’s Field funeral supports Bereavement Assistance Ltd, an organisation dedicated to providing charitable services to disadvantaged families across Victoria.
Our funeral home in Melbourne has served Victorian families since 2014, and are available 24/7 to service your needs. Our caring funeral directors will take care of all the details, and provide you with support when you need it most. We are committed to honouring and celebrating the lives of your loved ones, guiding you through your arrangement every step of the way.
WHAT WE DO
Our Services
Traditional Service
Finding comfort and solace in time honoured traditions.
Contemporary Service
For a send off as unique as your loved one.
Eco & Green Options
When simplicity, conservation and sustainability matter.
Pre-Planned Options
Providing financial and emotional peace of mind.
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We Are Open
Monday – Friday
8.30am – 4.30pm
Choosing Is Giving
Your conscious choice
to help others.
TESTIMONIALS
What Our Families Say
Frequently Asked Questions
We are here to help and take care of all the details in your time of need, so you can focus on celebrating the life of your loved one.
How quickly do we need to decide on a funeral? What if I don't feel ready straight away?
Death is an incredible difficult trauma to deal with. There are some religions and cultures that demand burial or cremation within a very short timeframe and that is always well known within the family and community so is a very straightforward process.
If there are no strict cultural or religious traditions to uphold, and the deceased has not prepaid or pre-arranged a funeral service or made their wishes known, it is the next of kin and those who loved them who have to make the decisions of where,when, burial or cremation in an unfamiliar, emotional and exhausting context. Once a loved one is in the care of a funeral director, they can be cared for while these decisions are made. Each funeral service and each family’s circumstances are different; sometimes, time is of the essence, other times, a delay of a week or more is essential, determined by: the availability of venues, clergy, celebrants, family and friends who live far away. Open discussion with your funeral director about your specific needs will ensure that the service for your loved one will be the farewell you want it to be and honour their lives in the most appropriate and fitting way.
Does the hospital or doctor give me the death certificate?
The doctor or hospital is required to write a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death and lodge the certificate with the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. A copy of that certificate is provided to the funeral director, not the next of kin and is given to the crematorium for a cremation, and to the cemetery for a burial, along with the required documents signed by the next of kin. The funeral director can provide a copy to the family if they request it.
How do I obtain the death certificate?
The funeral director lodges a Death Registration Form which contains the personal information required for the death certificate with the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages following the funeral. The registry will process the application and post the certificate directly to the next of kin, listed on the form as the informant, within 4-6 weeks. If your loved one’s death was reported to the coroner, the certificate will be issued approximately 12 weeks after the funeral.
SERVICES
Arranging A Funeral
Mortuary Care
Our qualified embalmers adhere to a strict code of ethics and ensure that your loved one will be treated with the utmost respect and dignity. Our embalming service encompasses the restoration, sanitisation and hygienic preservation of the deceased.
VIEWING
Viewing is a non-obligatory and personal choice that allows families to say their final goodbyes to their loved one. In addition to seeing and spending time with the deceased prior to the funeral, flowers, special objects or photographs can be placed in the coffin or casket with your loved one during this time.
BURIALS
If you would like to arrange burial services as part of your funeral, simply let us know. From liaising with your preferred cemetery location to assisting you with the selection and purchase of cemetery plot, crypt, vault or mausoleum, we can do it all.
Cremations
We can help you organise cremations for your loved ones, with or without a funeral. For those wishing to have attendance for the cremation, we can arrange for that as well, so you can bid farewell to your loved one the way you wish to do so.
