Funerals at Lakeside Memorial Gardens

Q: Where in the Illawarra is Lakeside Memorial Park?

Address: 230 Kanahooka Rd, Dapto NSW 2530 Lakeside memorial Park is located in Dapto and close to Kanahooka. Lakeside memorial Gardens is positioned centrally to the suburbs of: Dapto, Kanahooka, Koonawarra, Horsley and Kembla Grange. Distances - from main suburbs to Lakeside memorial Park, by car: Kanahooka 1km Koonawarra 3km Dapto 3km Kembla Grange 4km Horsley 5.5km

Q: Does the price include cremation?

Yes, $4,999 is the fixed-price for the funeral service and the cremation, which will take place afterwards.

With views of Lake Illawarra, Lakeside Memorial Park provides tranquil gardens for Illawarra families to visit, be at peace, and remember their loved ones.

We offer an affordable Cremation + Funeral package for only $4,999.

Or, if you are looking for a direct cremation without a funeral, we offer a Cremation Only package for $1,840.

See details on our Cremation Only package here.

Address: 230 Kanahooka Road, Dapto NSW 2530.

Central to: Kanahooka, Koonawarra, Cleveland, Horsley, Kembla Grange and Dapto.

Lakeside Chapel

Capacity: 120 seated plus standing room

Lakeside Chapel is a fresh, light-filled space that can be easily adapted to suit a smaller, intimate gathering, or opened up to accommodate a larger attendance with room for 120 people seated, plus standing room.

Audio-visual equipment is available for music and digital video displays and you are invited to bring personal memorabilia to create a personal tribute.

What's included for $4,999?

Our $4,999 package is designed to help people afford to give their loved one a simple and dignified funeral, as well as cover the cost of cremation. We provide the necessary services and allow you to design the funeral your way, adding personal touches yourself. This is how you save on the overall cost.

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Professional Services

This includes the required payments for doctors’ fees, cremation certificates, and the death certificate.

Fee for legal documentation and certification

This includes the required payments for doctors’ fees, cremation certificates, and the death certificate.

Transfer of your loved one

Transportation of your loved one into our care, from within Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, the Illawarra, or the Shoalhaven, during business hours.

Funeral Notice

A notice will be placed in Funeral Announcements online funeral notice website. You will be able to share a link with family and friends.

Preparation of your loved one for cremation

Our team of qualified and caring mortuary staff will respectfully prepare your loved one in our mortuary.

A simple coffin

A simple coffin that you can decorate with flowers, photos or even drawings and messages.

Funeral service at a chapel

45 minute service at one price for any of our 14 locations, throughout Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Illawarra & Shoalhaven.

Webcasting

A live webcast will be created by the chapel.

Cremation & return of ashes

Cremation will take place following the funeral service, at the same location. Ashes will be returned to you by registered post.

Can I pay for additional services?

We have additional services available for items that may be important to you. We made these services 'optional extras,' so you only pay for services you want. You can discuss all options with our friendly funeral directors.

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Transfer outside of business hours | $699

Transfer of your loved one, into our care, after 5pm and weekends.

Coffin upgrade | $560 to $1,010

We can offer you a coffin upgrade. Please discuss options with one of our funeral directors.

Mortuary dressing | $369

Our professional mortuary will prepare and dress your loved one in clothes provided by you, or in a shroud.

Viewing | $289

The viewing will take place 15 minutes prior to the service and must be combined with the mortuary dressing option.

Black hearse | $462

A black Commodore hearse will transport your loved one to the funeral service.

Memoriam book | $172

An elegantly presented keepsake commemorating your loved one and a record of those in attendance.

Life story presentation | $324

A presentation to be shown at the service, made of images and music supplied by you. You will receive a version on a USB after the service.

Clergy or celebrant | $495

Family members are welcome to conduct the funeral service by sharing sories and stories or reading a eulogy. But if you don't feel comfortable speaking in front of others, a celebrant can document and tell your loved one’s life story on your behalf.

*$495 is a typical cost. Celebrants and clergy can alter their fee, so we will confirm the cost when we are arranging this service for you.

Flowers | $150

This price is for a simple casket cover using available, seasonal flowers.

Sourcing your own flowers is one way of saving costs on a funeral service. If you would like to have flowers at the service for decoration or for attendees to lay a flower on the coffin, you could bring flowers from home or organise flowers with a florist directly.

How we make funerals easy

We are available 24/7. Call us whenever you're ready and we will bring your loved one into our care.

We will email you the necessary paperwork to be completed.
(This is one way you save. You don’t need to come to an office, we will manage everything with you over the phone and by email.)

We help you to arrange a simple and dignified funeral.

Your loved one’s ashes will be returned to you by registered post.

How we make
funerals easy

We are available 24/7. Call us when your loved one has died and we will take them into our care.

We will email you the necessary paperwork to be completed.
(This is one way you save. You don’t need to come to an office, we will manage everything with you over the phone and by email.)

We help you to arrange a simple and dignified funeral.

Your loved one’s ashes will be returned to you by registered post.

Our team is ready to help

Call 1300 22 3279

FAQ and helpful answers

Can music be played during the service?

You can design the service to celebrate the life your loved one lived, and reflect what they held dear. This includes bringing music to play as people arrive, during the service or at the end.

You can supply music on a CD or a USB and give it to the funeral director at the chapel.

If you would like to have a vocalist or a musician play at the service, you are welcome to organise this yourself.

Organising your own personal touches for your loved one's funeral is one way you save on the total cost.