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AFFORDABLE FUNERALS

without compromise on quality

GW Kelly Funerals is committed to delivering high quality and professional service at affordable prices.

Our Essential Cremation Package includes cremation with no attendance
or funeral service and is available for just $3,395.10

We are available 24/7 to help you work through the type of funeral service you
want and provide you with a quote based on your needs.

Essential Cremation Package

We understand there are circumstances where only the basics are needed, and our Essential Cremation Package includes a cremation with no attendance or service.

The package is $3,395.10* and includes:

  • Planning fee (all arrangements)
  • Transport (transfer into our care)
  • Mortuary care (preparation for cremation)
  • Cremation container
  • Vehicle (transfer to crematorium)
  • Crematorium (choice of crematorium and time of
    cremation at our discretion)
  • CCNSW Levy
  • Legal documents (medical certificate, death certificate
    and cremation permit)
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Pricing structure for individual funerals

Recognising each individual and their family have different requirements, we can work with you to tailor the funeral services you want GW Kelly Funerals’ to provide.

Some elements (such as the disposition of the body for cremation or burial) and legal requirements are necessary for all funerals. Some of these costs are fixed, while others will vary. Likewise, many elements differ from funeral to funeral, and these costs will vary depending on your choices.

Transfer to GW Kelly Funerals

To transfer your loved one into our care and begin the process of preparing for the appropriate disposition of their body, the following costs apply.

Transport

  • From the place of death or other location in Greater Sydney
  • Use of purpose-built, accredited vehicles with fully-trained personnel
  • 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year
$544.00

Care of your loved one

  • Refrigerated storage of body for seven days from transport into our care (additional charges may apply thereafter)
  • Use of accredited mortuary facilities and fully-trained personnel to sanitise, cleanse and dress the body
$536.00

Items required for every funeral

Certain items are required for every funeral arrangement, and the following costs apply. The cost of some of these items is fixed, while others will vary according to the choices made.

Legal document processing & coordination

Collect and process information, including:

  • Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
  • Burial or cremation referee certificates
  • Registration with NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

(additional changes may apply in circumstances of repatriation to or from Australia)

$1,273.00

Service planning

Making all arrangements for the service, including:

  • Face-to-face meeting (anywhere in Greater Sydney) to decide on the elements comprising the service
  • Liaising with clergy or celebrant
  • Advising on coffin/casket choice
  • Playing AV tribute presentation
  • Compiling and playing music
  • Providing memorial book
  • Creating and organising other service elements (such as flowers, keepsakes, memorial stationery, catering and more)
$901.00

Venue

Using third-party facilities, including churches, chapels, and other venues

As charged by supplier

Coffin or casket

Purchasing a coffin or casket from the GW Kelly Funerals range (range includes coffins and caskets constructed from a variety of materials, including fibreboard, veneered timbers, and solid wood with different finishes; environmentally friendly options and custom printed options are available; metal caskets are price on application)

$1,306.00 – $6,966.00

Doctor’s fee

Providing services for identification purposes (where necessary) and required documentation, including:

  • Attending Practitioner’s Cremation Certificate
  • Medical Referee’s Cremation Permit
From $400.00

Death certificate

Providing registered death certificate, including a reasonable number of certified copies delivered via registered post

$85.00

Transport and disposition

Costs will vary according to the number of locations attended by guests and the location chosen for cremation or burial.

Logistics for service attendance

Funeral arrangement at one location, including (where the service and the burial/cremation are at the same location)

  • Coordinating logistics
  • Transporting coffin/casket in a hearse from GW Kelly Funerals to service venue
  • Providing fully-trained personnel
$898.00

OR

Funeral arrangement at two locations, including: (where the service and the burial/cremation are at different locations and guests attend both locations)

  • Coordinating logistics
  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse from GW Kelly Funerals to service venue
  • Providing fully-trained personnel
  • Guests attending both locations
$1,348.00

Cremation

Cremation at Bayside Crematorium (owned and operated by Sydney Farewells Pty Ltd) or government-operated crematorium, including:

  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse (or other accredited vehicle) from our mortuary to crematorium
  • Cremation services
  • Returning ashes to the GW Kelly Funerals office (in a plastic urn with nameplate)
$649.10 - $948.10

Cremation at crematorium of your choosing, including:

  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse (or other accredited vehicle) from our mortuary to crematorium chapel, including up to 45 minutes for the funeral service
  • Cremation and service time (30-45 minutes, depending on the location)
$1,219.10 – $3,131.10

Essential Cremation Package

This can be arranged over the phone, in person or via email for your loved one In the Sydney area.
We will transfer into our care, prepare and cremate but with no attendance by family or friends.

The total cost  includes:
• Planning fee (all arrangements)
• Transport (transfer into our care)
• Mortuary care (preparation for cremation)
• Cremation container
• Vehicle (transfer to crematorium)
• Crematorium (choice of crematorium and time of cremation at our discretion)
• CCNSW levy
• Legal documents (medical certificate, death certificate and cremation permit)

If flowers, press notices or viewing is required, these will cost extra. We will deliver the ashes to you along with the registered Death Certificate within 50km of our Sutherland base during the weekday office hours.

T & Cs*

  • Paid in advance
  • Arrangements may be made over the phone or by email.
  • Cremation at day and time convenient to us.
  • Transfer to our care from within 50km from Sutherland.
  • No attendees, no view, flowers, or notices. If these are required then the price will be extra.
  • We will deliver (or you can pick up) ashes in a plastic urn with the with death certificate to informant during the weekday office hours
$3,395.10

Burial

Burial at the cemetery of your choosing, including:

  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse (or other accredited vehicle) from our mortuary to cemetery
  • Burial services
As charged by cemetery

Optional items

To personalise your loved one’s farewell, a range of options are available. Costs will vary according to the choices made.

Viewing and Embalming

Preparing the body for viewing:

  • Trimming the coffin or casket (with draping and pillow)
  • Dressing and presenting the body (including make-up and hair styling)
  • Embalming (as required)

Viewing up to 1½ hours (between 9.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday)

$632.00

Viewing after hours or on weekends

$377.00 per hour

Embalming services

$1,089.00

Vehicles

For 4.5 hours, including driver

$551.00

Flowers

Provided by our in-house florist

From $466.00

Provided by third-party supplier

As charged by supplier

AV tribute presentation

Provided by GW Kelly Funerals:

  • Up to 20 photos included in presentation
  • Up to 40 photos included in presentation
$312.00 or
$376.00

Clergy or celebrant

Funeral arrangement at 1 location, including where the service and the burial/cremation are at the same location

$495.00

Funeral arrangement at 2 locations, including where the service and the burial/cremation are at different locations and guests attend both locations

$550.00

Funeral and/or death notice

Preparing and lodging newspaper notice

$450.00 (estimate)

Order of service

four pages, colour on cover

$4.00 per copy (price subject to min. order of $100.00)

Cemeteries and crematoriums

GW Kelly Funerals has strong relationships with all cemeteries and crematoriums in the Greater Sydney area.

We most regularly attend:

Woronora Memorial Park

Administered by the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust

Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park

Administered by the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust

Rookwood General Cemetery

Administered by NSW Crown Trust

Rookwood Catholic Cemetery

Administered by the Catholic Cemeteries & Crematoria Trust

Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium

Owned and operated by InvoCare Australia

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Administered by the Northern Cemeteries Trust

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Owned and operated by InvoCare Australia

Northern Suburbs Crematorium

Owned and operated by InvoCare Australia

Bayside Crematorium

Owned and operated by Sydney Farewells Pty Ltd