Belvedere Funeral Home

Belvedere Funeral Home Locally owned funeral home providing funeral services to Charlottetown and surrounding communities. We offer a variety of options for families to choose from.

Belvedere Funeral Home is a full-service funeral home offering facilities for visitation, chapel services and receptions to greater Charlottetown and its surrounding communities. We cater to the needs of families and individuals requiring either traditional funeral services or cremation. Our contemporary facilities are well received by families, and their guests who visit to pay respects and celebrate the lives of loved ones. On-site crematorium. Our caring and compassionate staff are here to assist your family at a difficult time. We support you in many ways, attending to every detail in a timely and respectful manner.

03/01/2026

View Firouz Aghdasi Asli's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

02/27/2026

View James Joseph Malone's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

Prefunding, Many Options for Those Who are PrearrangingWhen an individual, a couple or a family wishes to prefund their ...
02/27/2026

Prefunding, Many Options for Those Who are Prearranging

When an individual, a couple or a family wishes to prefund their services, they have a number of options to do so. Some choices follow.

• There is the choice to prefund in full with a lump sum payment or to pay by installments, breaking up the total payment over a period of time.
• There is the choice to prefund all of the services that will be needed or just some of them. One example of this is to prefund funeral services and leave cemetery services prefunding for a future date.
• There is the option to include additional services and prefund them should future needs change. An example of this would be to add the use of a reception facility and catering at a later time.
• There is the option to prearrange only. With this option wishes are recorded, a folder is created, but no formal agreement exists as monies are not exchanged as part of the arrangement. While prearrangements are not as formal as prefunding, they are much better than having no planning in place, whatsoever.

With prefunding, services which are paid for in advance shield the family from the effects of inflation. Prefunding with a funeral provider, sets in place both service details and payment. Third party insurances who often advertise on television, only pertain to the monetary side of the arrangements and do not consider specifics of the services to be provided.

For information on prearranging and prefunding, please contact us.

© Belvedere Funeral Home/CFHC Online

02/27/2026

View Gerald Patrick Murphy's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 2 tribute posts from the community.

02/26/2026

View Reston Charles MacInnis's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

02/25/2026

Death is mankind’s worst tragedy; the only one that everyone must suffer sooner or later. Death is also the greatest unifying tragedy that humanity has ever known. When it comes to one of us, it comes to all of us.…

Benefits of MourningMourning is the external expression of the emotional, physical and spiritual chaos brought on by gri...
02/23/2026

Benefits of Mourning

Mourning is the external expression of the emotional, physical and spiritual chaos brought on by grief. What the griever feels internally often conflicts with their need to display emotions externally. Societal expectations often compel those who grieve to contain emotions rather than opening oneself up and having honest communications that allow the mourning process to begin. Some grievers have shared that they distance themselves from mourning as it brings forth tears that cause embarrassment. Learned myths such as being strong and grieving in private sometimes lead grievers to totally avoid the mourning process.

Our body’s response to loss creates an increase in undesirable chemicals and hormones. The release of cortisol is known to influence the replay of negative thoughts; high cortisol levels over time will adversely affect the immune system.

The mourning process allows toxic chemicals to be released and physical symptoms such as exhaustion, headaches and sleeplessness to subsequently decrease. Hence, the replaying of negative emotions is calmed by the emotional and physical actions associated with mourning. Research supports that crying is known to help process emotions of grief including sadness, sorrow and rumination over the loss.

Family and friends are often at a loss about how to approach those who grieve. Many hesitate to reach out because of the fear of not knowing the right things to say even though they want to offer comfort. Another benefit of mourning is that it invites well-wishers to offer support and sharing in grief. Painful outbursts provide a cue to others to initiate contact with the griever and studies show that painful events are more easily processed by sharing this difficult passage with others.

Grief is hard. The journey is difficult. The benefits of mourning in public hold many positive outcomes for the griever. The mourning process assists by filling a gap in time as the griever adjusts from their loss to when they begin their new normal. Self-healing occurs and there is a return to joy after grief has been acknowledged and spent.

Bertha Brannen
Grief Recovery Specialist

© Belvedere Funeral Home/CFHC Online

02/21/2026

Celebrate the life of Elizabeth "Betty" Vriends and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

02/20/2026

Celebrate the life of Anne Mamye and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

A Look Back at 1951 and the Top Stories from 75 Years AgoThe year 1951 would see technological innovations, military man...
02/20/2026

A Look Back at 1951 and the Top Stories from 75 Years Ago

The year 1951 would see technological innovations, military manoeuvres and the introduction of some pop culture gems.

In Canada, the population increased to over 14 million, as the baby boomer births continued to rise. Domestically, highlights included testing the first cobalt “bomb,” a cancer therapy developed in an Ontario lab; the establishment of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority; the first performance of the National Ballet of Canada; and the release of Labatt Blue beer. Government initiatives of the day included the Massey Report which focused on Canadian culture; one recommendation was a message to include “the arts” as a key part of Canada’s international identity.

In the USA, the constitution was amended to limit presidential terms to two. The year also saw extensive forest fires in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington State, and in Canada parts of British Columbia. The Marshall Plan expired, following the distribution of more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.

There were many nuclear firsts in 1951: the U.S. tested the first thermonuclear weapon in the Marshall Islands and the Soviet Union declared it had developed an atomic bomb. These developments would add fuel to the arms race and the Cold War.

In science, the world’s first experimental nuclear power plant opened in Idaho; the World Meteorological Organization became a specialized agency of the United Nations; the first production car with power steering wheeled off the assembly line; and the lie detector test was used for a murder investigation in the Netherlands.

In entertainment: “I Love Lucy” debuted on CBS; J.D. Salinger’s book, “The Catcher in the Rye” was released; Marlon Brando delivered an award-winning performance in “A Streetcar Named Desire”; and
“Dennis The Menace” was introduced to comic strip fans.

© Belvedere Funeral Home/CFHC Online

02/20/2026

View Sally Anne MacEachern's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

02/19/2026

Celebrate the life of Garth Thompson and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

Address

175 Belvedere Avenue
Charlottetown, PE
C1A2Y9

Telephone

+19026281881

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Belvedere Funeral Home posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Belvedere Funeral Home:

Shortcuts

Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn
Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share via Email
Share on WhatsApp Share on Instagram Share on Telegram

Category

About Us

Belvedere Funeral Home is a full-service funeral home offering facilities for visitation, chapel services and receptions to greater Charlottetown and its surrounding communities. We cater to the needs of families and individuals requiring either traditional funeral services or cremation. We offer a variety of options for families to choose from. Our contemporary facilities are well received by families, and their guests who visit to pay respects and celebrate the lives of loved ones. On-site crematorium. Our caring and compassionate staff are here to assist your family at a difficult time. We support you in many ways, attending to every detail in a timely and respectful manner.