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About Us

Family-Owned Funeral Directors

We are a family-owned and operated company, deeply committed to providing the highest level of service to every family we assist.

With extensive local knowledge and many years of experience in the funeral directing profession, we offer a personalised service tailored to your specific needs.

Our approachable and friendly staff are always available to answer your questions, ensuring that no request is too much trouble. While our office hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, you can reach a staff member at Staunton Funeral Services in case of emergencies outside these hours, we are on call 24 hours.

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What People Say

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I did the best for my loved one, and the funeral directors were central to it

Be assured, everything will be explained to you and all the different options will be pointed out. Nothing you ask will surprise us even if you feel embarrassed about asking for something unusual, don’t worry you are in charge, it will be taken care of with dignity and respect.

We always have a dedicated team and always have a strong personal one to one attention. we operate a fast response 24 hour on call service.

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Beautiful Service

Very empathetic and professional. They organised a beautiful service and were very considerate of my family's feelings on the day. I highly recommend them.

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Friendly, Helpful, Caring, and Supportive

Staunton Family Services are friendly, helpful, caring, and supportive; they did as much as they could. They were always available when needed and wanted to make sure that they gave our mum a great send-off. A family-run business that cares about the people who they look after and the families who are left behind. They listened and gave advice when we needed it, which was very helpful at the time we were going through. They gave their all and our mum would have loved her send-off. They gave a quality level of service, but most of all they cared, and we would recommend Dave and Lydia at Staunton Funeral Services in Havant. They also offer disabled access to the funeral home.

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Above and Beyond

Would like to say thank you to David for making the day really special he went above and beyond for our family and made the day special.

Pat

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Very Professional

Thank you so much for today you made scattering our late David James’ ashes. Anniversary a year today very beautiful and the doves especially & for putting ashes into the wooden hearts and necklace you are very lovely people caring and made it very special for us. You are kind and thoughtful the sun came out for a little while. As a family, we would recommend you to others as you are a very professional family-run funeral home with great value and most of all, reliable, friendly, and caring. Thank you for today, Lydia and Dave.“

From Jane James and family

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A Lovely Send-off

At the time of our dear mum dying, Staunton Funeral Services helped us give mum a lovely send off. This was down to all the help that was given by them, they were understanding, friendly, helpful, and didn't over price like some can. They listened to us as a family and gave us the best advice they could, and they made mum’s last day a day that mum would have loved and a day that we could look back on 7 months on. They really do care about the people who have passed away and their families and friends. It’s important to them and important to us to know that our mum was in the best hands and they even stop for mum to say her goodbyes on Southsea sea front. Dave also had his own doves that he let off after the service for us thank you so much for all you did for us and our mum, Linda Jackson. On 26 July 2018, we said our goodbyes. With Staunton Funeral Services, who were fantastic and understanding. A caring, friendly, family-run business who are very well priced thanks you all so much.

What to do when someone dies

When someone dies. It is usual for people to be unsure of what to do in the immediate aftermath of a bereavement. Staunton Funeral Services are here to take you through the initial steps and provide advice on other things you may need to think about when someone you know dies.

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If the person dies at home

The first thing you should do is contact your GP. Depending on the time of the death, they will either help you or you will be directed to the out of hours service, and in some cases, the ambulance service.

In any event a doctor will come to your house to formally confirm the death. If the deceased did not have a GP then you should contact the out of hours doctor service or the ambulance service and as a last resort, the police. Where the cause of death is obvious and expected, the person’s usual GP should be able to issue a medical certificate of cause of death.

The death certificate will be issued and placed in a sealed envelope addressed to the Registrar of births, deaths, and marriages free of charge. You will then receive a formal notice which confirms that the doctor has signed the death certificate and gives details about registering a death. If you or the deceased decides the body will be cremated the doctor must also complete a form called the cremation certificate.

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If the person dies in a hospital or nursing home

If the death was expected and has been confirmed by a doctor or a suitably trained member of the nursing team, arrangements will be made to issue the medical certificate of death.

It is then your responsibility to collect the certificate along with any belongings that have been left. The hospital will usually arrange for you to visit the bereavement officer who will supply you with the cause of death certificate and in some cases a hospital release form which will need to be signed and given to the funeral director so the deceased may be released into their care.

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If a person dies suddenly or unexpectedly

The death must be reported to a coroner if it occurs suddenly, unexpectedly or was not due to natural causes.

The coroner’s officer (usually uniformed police officer) will visit as soon as possible, record all, of the relevant details and report them to the coroner. The body will be taken to a hospital mortuary designated by the coroner.

It is then the coroner’s decision to decide whether a post-mortem examination or an inquest should be arranged.

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Registering a death

Registering a Death

If a death occurs in in West Sussex, you can book an appointment online or alternatively call 02392 477440

For your information the cause of death medical certificates will be emailed directly to the registrar by the doctors or hospital.

If the death is referred to the coroner, they will issue the medical paperwork directly to the registrar. The coroner’s office will then contact you directly once the paperwork has been completed so that you can make an appointment to register the death.

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Documents you will receive

In most cases the registrar will issue:

A certificate for burial or cremation (often known as the Green Certificate) for you to give to the Funeral Director (if the Coroner is involved this is not always issued) and a certificate for Social Security Benefits for you to take or send to the local Benefits Agency, along with any pension, income support or other benefit books.

There is no charge to register a death, only for certified copies of the death certificate, currently £12.50 each a copy of the certificate will be required to administer the estate and many companies now insist on certified copies instead of photocopies. If there are several companies that you wish to deal with at the same time, to speed up the administration of the estate you may wish to have several certified copies. You can always request additional copies later; they may however be more expensive.

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