Evans Funeral Services FDANZ

20/06/2023

Hi everyone, we have a lost cell phone that was left at Evans'. please ring your number so we can locate the owner. Thank you

23/11/2020

Hi Everyone, Evans Funeral Services invite you to attend our annual Remembrance Service at Evans Chapel on the 8th of December at 6pm. Please see our flyer below. Nau Mai, Haere Mai.

23/08/2020

From horse-drawn gig to a royal Daimler, a succession of hearses have rolled out of Evans Funeral Services since 1908. Stories are attached to all of them. Mark Peters hops into the passenger seat...

08/05/2020

Funerals during Alert Level 2 will mean up to 100 people can attend in person again — spread between the inside and outside of Evans Funeral Services chapel. But with at least one week left of Level 3...

18/04/2020

by Sophie Rishworth An East Coast family share their experience of holding Tairawhiti’s first online tangihanga. Evans Funeral Service has created four virtual scenes to make sure anyone in...

28/03/2020

Changes to the way funeral services can transport people who have died were decided yesterday as new rules emerged during this country's Covid-19 alert Level 4 lockdown. Evans Funeral Services owner D...

27/03/2020

The district's death rate is not going to increase at the moment if we do this together and follow the rules, says Evans Funeral Services owner David Parker. Mr Parker says he wants to take the alarm ...

19/03/2020

As of 19 March all gatherings are to be limited to 100 people.

Our policy is:

When making funeral arrangements with families they are to be advised of the 100 person limit and advised that EFS will be adhering to that.

Their options are:

Straight cremation - as usual, with or without a memorial service later.

Private family service. Burial or cremation

Family service with the option of livestreaming. In effect a “normal” funeral service in every respect except it is limited to family only.

The newspaper notice should reflect this, e.g “ A family service will be held and this will be livestreamed at 11.00 a.m on Friday etc etc.
(perhaps include – “The livestream can be accessed by going to www.evansfuneral.co.nz etc etc)

If in the event a family does not want to follow our protocol and want to stage a publicly advertised funeral then they WILL NOT be able to use our chapel.

They will be advised to find their own venue and organise it accordingly.

We will transport the casket to their venue if requested and we will leave.

We will not attend or be directly associated with gathering. They must provide their own transport away from their venue.

You need to be conscious of your own safety.

If livestreaming at a venue other than our chapel is requested then Ken Huberts is the only option. It is entirely his call whether he is prepared to do it or not.


Obviously it will be case by case situation and common sense should prevail.

David Parker JP
Managing Director
Evans Funeral Services Ltd.
Gisborne

All staff at Evans Funeral Services Ltd have been chosen because they care for people. It is our intention to make the time of a death as easy as possible for the families we serve.

03/12/2019

A big thank you to everyone at EFS for helping to organise our Christmas Remembrance Service for 2019.
Christmas can be a time of joy but also sorrow, for many families. Our service is a time to reflect & remember loved ones lost. ❤️

01/12/2019

Evans Funeral Services annual Christmas Remembrance Service is tomorrow evening.

Evans Funeral Services managing director David Parker and celebrant Dell Buscke prepare for the annual remembrance service on Tuesday, December 3.
Photo by Liam Clayton & article courtesy of The Gisborne Herald.

“Everyone who has lost someone is welcome to come to this service and remember whoever it is that has passed away,” Mr David Parker said.

The service will be guided by Dell Buscke, Pastor Jim McIntosh and the Rev Jack Papuni.

Stars with names of loved ones and a personal message will be placed on the tree of remembrance and will be cremated after Christmas.

If people cannot make the service on Tuesday they are welcome to call into Evans Chapel and place their personal remembrance star on the tree up until Christmas. The service starts at 6pm.

23/08/2019

Such true words !

21/08/2019

This article is courtesy of The Gisborne Herald.

11/12/2018

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jIVQsC-YhaXD_x8ztng7eltpz-E_JVUo/view?usp=drive_web

A piece of Gisborne history has been demolished. The old casket workshop and hearse shed has been removed to make way for our new purpose built 5 bay hearse shed and wash bay facility. Keep an eye on the progress over the next wee while.

11/11/2018

The Cladding is on at our new BayStone Craft workshop and office/showroom. The boy's from DStevens are lining the workshop and the concrete floor for the car port is being prepared. The sparky's from Electrinet are in on the job also.

29/10/2018

The boys from Tony File Roofing got on the job this morning. Working with Dstevens to get the roof on before the rain arrives tomorrow. Good timing boys.

18/10/2018

The truck arrived with the roof trusses first thing this morning for the new build here at Evans Funeral Services.
Give it a few hours and look at that..... The roof line is looking sharp. D Stevens boys on the job.