Burial, Cremation and funeral Services

Welcome to Essentials Cremation and Burial Services - Niagara’s affordable funeral home alternative.

Our staff are here to provide you with kind, considerate and compassionate help during the most difficult of times. From the comfort of your own home or at our location, we offer our services as a positive alternative to the larger standard funeral homes.  We are a local, independently owned funeral home dedicated to providing you with the most personalized, compassionate and dignified service possible at a fair cost.

Whether you are looking for a burial or cremation, a funeral service, memorial service, or a celebration of life and advanced planning, each of the families we work with interacts directly with our founder and funeral director, Krystal Riddell.

Our Services:

• Cremation
• Burials
• Ceremony services and unique/personal celebrations of life.
• ​Green burial and environmentally friendly options.
• Budget friendly caskets, urns and memorial keepsakes.
• A private, warm and elegant, space for a final goodbye.
• We take care of the necessary Government paperwork (CPP) and provide aftercare assistance.
• No pressure pre-arrangement services (advance planning).
• Willing to meet in the comfort of your own home.
• Bereavement support and resources.
• We will help find a solution to accommodate any financial situation  

Niagara Falls | St. Catharines | Fort Erie | Welland | Thorold  Niagara-on-the-Lake