Britton Funeral Home

12/10/2025

Holiday Christmas Cookies

Do you have a family member or friend who’s grieving this holiday season? Why not make some cookies and stop by and visit for a coffee or tea. You can satisfy that sweet tooth together and spend some quality time.

Ingredients
2 cups of flour
½ tsp of baking soda
1 tbsp. salt

1 cup of brown sugar
¾ cup of shortening
1 egg

2 tbsp. milk
1 tsp vanilla

½ cup of finely chopped walnuts
½ cup of chopped cherries (red and green)
¼ cup of coconut
Optional, can add dates or raisins too

Directions
Mix flour baking soda and salt in medium bowl. In second bowl mix brown sugar, shortening and egg, beat well. Combine ingredients of two bowls and mix well. Add milk and vanilla beat two minutes. Stir in nuts, cherries, coconut and optional items, mix well.

On 2 greased cookie sheets bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 mins, until bottom is light brown.
Makes 20 – 24 cookies.

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12/05/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us as we gathered in memory this week.

Britton Funeral Home held its Candlelight Event on Wednesday, a time when we unite as one and pay tribute to members of our community who we have recently lost. This was a casual evening where fellowship was shared and light refreshments were enjoyed.

As part of the evening, we set up our candle display, families visit this centrepiece and reflect and remember. This evening was a first for us at Britton Funeral Home and we were very happy to meet with and connect with you all.

As we enter into the holiday season, we wish you peace and comfort.

Your Team at Britton Funeral Home

12/05/2025

Volunteerism

In 1985, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared December 5th International Volunteer Day, honouring the efforts of volunteers from around the globe. The social and economic impact of individuals who give freely of their time is immeasurable. Those who live in poverty, who face physical challenge and who are disadvantaged benefit from the daily hard work of local, regional, national and international agencies. Annually, hundreds of millions of volunteers make a real difference and affect change.

When it comes to helping individuals and families facing or dealing with death, many individuals support a multitude of causes including giving their time to bereavement groups, palliative care support and helping in the fight against terminal diseases. Our funeral home takes this opportunity to recognize and extend our heartfelt thanks to those who give, making the world a better place to live in.

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12/03/2025

11/26/2025

Reminiscing on 1925 Events

As the Roaring Twenties hit mid-stride, 1925 was a busy year in Canada and around the world. Women were given the right to vote in Newfoundland, the United Church of Canada held its first service and the Yukon’s Mount Logan (Canada’s highest peak) was successfully scaled. But the biggest news coming out of the year was the creation of one of Canada’s most revered organizations, the Royal Canadian Legion.

In world news, the New Yorker magazine hit newsstands, F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, Sears Roebuck and Co. opened its first store in Chicago, and the Chrysler corporation was founded in Detroit. In November 1925, the Grande Ole Opry debuted on radio as a one-hour barn dance. Much farther north, the Great Race of Mercy was centre stage as a dog-sled team dashed over 1,000 kilometres across Alaska carrying a diphtheria antitoxin to combat a growing epidemic in the small town of Nome.

The year also saw a breakthrough in science and technology when Willis Carrier installed an air-cooling unit in Times Square’s Paramount Rivoli Theater amid a heat wave, forever transforming the sticky, hot, dismal summer movie season. Another invention of the day had Charles F. Brannock filing a patent for the Brannock Device, a tool still used today to measure shoe sizes.

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11/21/2025

Learn the consequences of dying intestate in Canada, what happens when you die without a will, and how to better protect your family.

11/17/2025

A Pall Bearer’s Privileged Responsibility

Considered an honour, being selected as a pallbearer is often a symbolic gesture reserved for endeared friends and relatives. Those chosen for this role are entrusted with the safe passage of the casket between venues.

Typically, a total of six men and/or women are chosen for this duty. They need to be available the day of the service and be able bodied.

Past etiquettes dictated immediate family members were not to assume this responsibility, so they could focus on their grief. Present customs offer more flexibility. Pallbearers can be sons and daughters, and sometimes the same people who preside at a service, those who deliver a eulogy or reading.

Some funerals have a contingent of honourary pallbearers who join the procession either in front of or behind the casket. It may be that they are physically unable to perform this task or that they represent special family ties or associations to the deceased.

Working in harmony, the rhythmic pace of the pall provides dignity to the service and the deceased. Those who have been selected for this role will remember with pride how they in a small way were able to provide support to the family of the deceased at a time when most needed.

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11/14/2025

Funeral service for the late Marguerite Shaw.

11/12/2025

Stephen Joseph Palmer of Hartland passed away at the Central Carleton Nursing Home in Hartland on Monday, November 10, 2025. He was born June 10, 1952, and was the son of the late Joseph and Audrey Palmer. Besides his ...

11/11/2025

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11/11/2025

Remembrance Day Observance

They were heroes and this is the day we tell one another their story.

Lest we forget…
Those who served,
Those who were brave and courageous,
Those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of personal freedoms and human rights.