Wareing Cremation Services

06/12/2026

I believe it is safe to say that Summertime has arrived here in Southwestern Ontario. With a long winter in the rearview, and a soggy, dull Spring behind us, I am more than ready for sunshine, bearable humidity, and warmth.
Summer means different things to different people. Front porch sitting, memorable beach days, motorcycle ride days, ice cream cones, fishing trips, baseball games, fun afternoons at the waterpark, maybe a long scenic bike ride. Activities, people, and just being outside tends to calm the mind, lift the spirits, and strengthen the body it seems.

In the past week alone, I have had to stop in traffic for a family of Canada Geese, a snapping turtle, and just yesterday a family of ducks. In the moment, watching each make their way quickly, or in their own time, it was sweet to see that all traffic stopped and patiently waited – always reminds me of a childhood storybook “Make Way for Ducklings”. In the case of the turtle, a young dad stepped out and carried the little fella to safety as the roadside curbs were going to present a challenging hurdle.

Death works like that.
Each of us going about our business, living our lives, keeping to schedules and commitments, and then a sudden and unexpected stop.
As a husband, wife, or child experiences those first moments caused by that inevitable sudden stop of one’s life, it is often the person at arms – length, a daughter -in - law or a son -in - law with the emotional capacity to be the “runner”…. it is that individual asked to call the Provider of choice, on behalf of the executor or next of kin, to inform the Provider of the death, request their services, and to make the appointment to meet to provide information, signatures, and make some decisions.

Making Final Arrangements is an immediate necessity and an important responsibility.
Why do you call your Provider, Wareing Cremation Services, first?
Because you, in that moment, need someone to stop traffic; you need someone to get you safely and properly over the curb.
That first call is what puts you and your immediate family members on a stable path.
That first call ensures a respectful transfer of the deceased into care.
That first call gets you to a person and place that does the heavy lifting, provides a compass of sorts by answering your questions, concerns, Arrangement requirements, and helps you begin the process of making the turn in this road called life and the loss of someone you love and are responsible for.

05/06/2026

A soggy, dull day heading into work this morning, but the birds are singing and slow but steady some blooms are pushing through.

A reminder for those that need it today.....even when the moment is cloudy and gray, there is beauty and therefore hope in the smallest of things. And some days that must be enough.

04/02/2026

Wareing Cremation Services is a strong advocate of Planning. Organizing yourself and getting your financial and legal house into proper and complete order is a responsible way to exist; leaving an exit plan demonstrates true compassion.
You having discussions now with specific professionals for fact gathering, followed by some critical thinking, and then firm action based on sound and informed decisions is what Preplanning is.

Not convinced.
Step into your favourite space in your home or yard.

Take a seat and close your eyes. Visualize all of the special occasions and celebrated events you look forward to. Think about your style, your priorities, the people, possessions, and intentions that are important to you.

Sit for a few minutes more in the sounds that surround you right now…..
clock ticking, traffic outside, birds chirping in the trees, the happy sounds of children out in their own yards.

Take a deep breath and appreciate what you can hear, smell, and taste, and steep in the thoughts and emotions you can and are feeling.

Now, another deep breath, and see that space without you; those celebrations without you; your priorities erased or dismissed.
Visualize that immediate when you cease to be here….. for forever.

Ask yourself what additional motivation YOU might wait for before you move forward to properly organize your here and now, and take care of the important details for your then.

Wareing Cremation Services Inc. meets with individuals who are interested in being provided with factual information and options with which to make their plans.
It is what we as Providers of Final Arrangements, and Pre Arrangements, can be entrusted to assist you with. Making sure that the most important aspects of your Final Arrangements are understood, documented and accomplished.

To make an appointment, telephone Paul Wareing at 519-290-5575 in Woodstock, or Barb Wareing at 519-409-5575 in Tillsonburg.

03/05/2026

We are in the process of upgrading this page - thank you for your patience.
Our website is www.wareingcremation.ca
There you will find information on what complete Services we provide, our Urns, and of course our Obituary Page. This website is the most complete overview of everything current for Wareing Cremation Services Inc.

Wareing Cremation Services is NOT a crematorium. We are your alternative to the funeral home for Final Arrangements.
Wareing Cremation Services is owned and operated by husband and wife team Paul Wareing in our Woodstock Establishment and Barb Wareing in our Tillsonburg Establishment.

We are the first call you make when someone has passed away.
I underscore this because very often families are told by nurses that they (the hospital) looks after everything. This is a false statement!
Except for 2 hospitals in this province who telephone us when someone is released, no hospital calls to inform us of a death, their staff has never performed the transfer of the deceased, no nurse or doctor has the authority to make Final Arrangements for patients who have died in hospital or at a private residence.

So, Wareing Cremation Services is an Executor's first call, an immediate call, when someone dies.

When you choose Wareing Cremation Services you have made the decision to eliminate the process of visitation and a service provided at the funeral home.
On our website, our Direct Cremation Price List breaks down all of the services and supplies we can and do provide when someone dies and their family/executor requires our professional services.

Some common questions we receive from individuals, police, and doctors:

1. Do you attend private residence, nursing home, hospital or hospice to bring the deceased into your care?
Answer: YES we do.

2. Do you attend a sudden death scene once the Coroner has released the deceased?
Answer: YES, we do.

3. Do you attend to bring the deceased to a funeral home.
Answer: NO, we do not.
We are an independent Provider; we do not work for funeral homes.

4. Are you a crematorium?
NO, we provide Final Arrangements for people and that includes everything except for a place for visitation or a facility for a ceremony.
Example, those who choose Wareing Cremation Services Inc. are individuals and families who will continue on to host a celebration of life, a church service, or a graveside service.

5. Are you a pet crematorium?
NO.
Those who have experienced the death of a pet that they wish to have cremated are advised to contact their veterinarian at the time, or in advance.

Paul and Barb Wareing are licensed TSSR's, educated at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario. Bereavement Professionals who own and operate Wareing Cremation Services Inc. and have been trusted to care for families and their loved ones since August of 2014.
Our Services are difficult to describe to those unfamiliar with the abilities of a Transfer Service Class 2 because the BAO does not permit us to use the word funeral. You will notice we use the description "Final Arrangements".
We are much more than you believe we are and we invite you to schedule an appointment to learn what our Final Arrangement abilities are.

Respectfully,
Barb Wareing
519-409-5575
161 Broadway St., Tillsonburg, Ontario

Wareing Cremation Services Inc. - Trusted Bereavement Professionals offering immediate, Preplanning Arrangements in Woodstock, Tillsonburg, and Southwestern, Ontario.

09/02/2025

September has arrived, and for many it signals a return to 'normal'.
It has been said that normal is a setting on the dryer - but the necessities of life and the living demand our attention and what we can accomplish today makes the list shorter for tomorrow.
As the Season of Autumn approaches, many people look at the Autumn of life as a time to prepare for the eventual Winter or end of life eventuality that we will all face.

Paul and I want everyone to know that we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for those who have experienced a death in their family or friends circle and require our immediate services. In the case of a sudden death, police officers attending will make the call at your direction to us to attend the home for the transfer into our care; long term care and hospice expect us to attend immediately to transfer the deceased into care; hospitals need to know who your Provider will be before you leave or when they call to inform you of a death.

Having a plan in place, with accurate information about all aspects, legalities, and costs of the transition process and Final Arrangements has proven worthwhile with regard to the emotional, mental, and physical stressors that present at the time of end of life.

1. Until after September 18th we have decided to close our offices - not schedule appointments - on Wednesdays....it has worked out for 2 of the Summer Wednesdays thus far.🙂

2. Our offices are open to meet with you from Monday through to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. BY APPOINTMENT.
I cannot stress enough the importance of having scheduled appointments - they are absolutely necessary!
An appointment has a purpose - you are scheduling to meet for our Professional and Staff Services but there are many other Services and Goods that we provide that hinge on what is gathered at this meeting. It is imperative that an Executor arrive with the proper and necessary documents. They are entering into a legal contract and must have the documentation to prove their legal status for this and the capabilities to pay for what is chosen and provided in the Contract they are signing as Executor for the estate of the deceased. It is essential that Paul or I are prepared to meet with your family; we are proud of the Services we provide and we care for our deceased from the moment of transition into care through to the return of the Urn to the family and all of the requirements of travel take time - requirements that we personally carry out. When you place your trust in Wareing Cremation Services you are trusting us personally with your loved one, and we do not shirk that responsibility.

Please understand that when we meet with individuals or families - making Arrangements for a deceased loved one or making Pre Arrangements - that meeting is a time when very personal information is gathered, extremely personal situations are discussed, and families are experiencing a wide range of emotions including their own grief. The meeting taking placed was scheduled.
Walking into our office to make an appointment or purchase an Urn, knowing that a meeting is already in progress, is becoming more common. This Summer has presented situations where conduct was completely unacceptable, and this behaviour is something we will not accommodate. If you arrive and find our door locked......... know that the door is locked because there is no scheduled appointment other than the one already taking place.
We appreciate the trust placed in our abilities, but we ask that this very sensitive time for the family or individual making Arrangements is respected.

3. FACT: We are not a crematorium.
To clear up misunderstanding or misinformation - we do not cremate any animal; we do not assist families who have experienced the death of their pet.

We receive distraught calls at all hours requesting our Services for a pet lying in the road, with the expectation that we care for them from the scene of an accident on through.
Pets are part of the family, and as such we encourage those with pets that they intend to have cremated to have a discussion with their Veterinarian, well in advance at a regular checkup or make a call to inquire from their Staff, as to who to call, the phone number and what that process is when their pet dies. It will be an emotional circumstance when that day arrives and that is something that should be researched for an informed and accurate plan.

Hoping that each of you can look for happiness in the simple joys of each day!

Respectfully,
Barb Wareing

02/21/2025

Wareing Cremation Services has moved our Establishment to a larger and brighter building at 161 Broadway St., Tillsonburg, Ontario N4G 3P9. Our new location is on the corner of Broadway and Ridout St. West.
Our interior has been given a thorough makeover, and our exterior signs and light fixtures are complete save one sign over our main door.
It has been a whirlwind 18 days and we would never have crossed the finish line without the absolutely brilliant professional services provided by so many local business people....Signarama's James and Arik who have gone above and beyond with the timeline and most especially giving us the signage we absolutely love; Jodi, Mar, and Jacob of Flooring Canada with an assist from Neil and Olivia for the heavy lifting in giving us beautiful floors throughout; absolute genius of Paul and Brian McCord with interior painting top to bottom; Jay Kopcok of Electro King Electric with his apprentice Caden in every refit of existing and new electrical install completed; Josh and his Crew at R. V. Window Cleaning for taking on probably the grubbiest ground in dirt construction clean ever and giving us sparkling clean windows inside and out; Aaron Pattyn for his direction in coordinating the logistics of a move; David and Quinn who moved us from the old into the new on an incredibly bitter cold February day operating with one team member absent to boot; Andrew from Rogers for his updates and connections; our most trusted George from Personal Computer Systems Tillsonburg who got us connected and up to speed with absolutely everything that allows our business to operate; Justin McElroy for his expertise with the most perfect window treatments; Linda Fenn and her Crew at Tillsonburg's Garden Gate for the gorgeous completing touches from pots to plants to bench; Phil who has been a rock in moving snow every day from our sidewalks and parking lot.
Paul and I could not have done this without these people - all local business people - from Tillsonburg, Woodstock, Ingersoll, and Dorchester. Each and every one of you have given of your time and talents to assist us with a huge undertaking and we are so grateful to have placed our trust in your abilities.

Wareing Cremation Services....your trusted Provider of Final Arrangements and PrePlanning.
We invite the death curious explorers to make an appointment....because we also believe that understanding a good death takes planning.

08/13/2024

We are in the process of closing this fb page. PLEASE, do not leave business messages here. Telephone one of our offices during business hours, or contact us through our website

Wareing Cremation Services Inc. - Trusted Bereavement Professionals offering immediate, Preplanning, and Prepaid Arrangements in Woodstock, Tillsonburg, and Southwestern, Ontario.

07/21/2024

The past 2 weeks have presented an issue for our company that is most disturbing. Several people have received spam calls from both our Tillsonburg and our Woodstock phone numbers. This is someone unknown to us - SPAM! Wareing Cremation Services NEVER has and NEVER will make cold calls to anyone or solicit clients.

11/07/2023

Name one fact you remember learning about the Ostrich in elementary school?
Well, what fact comes to mind first?
As a child, remembering that an Ostrich sticks its’ head in the sand stands out for me.
Why?
Can’t remember why an Ostrich does this…just remember learning this. Silly Ostrich!

Simple, serious, or silly - things are not always what they seem. Circumstances change; plans get shifted; new opportunities present; tragedies occur.

It’s a myth that fear makes an Ostrich hide his head. Would seem that Ostrich isn’t so silly after all!
An Ostrich with its’ head in the sand is an Ostrich building its’ nest. This bird who lives on land and cannot fly makes a home, does the work in preparation for what comes next, and is always ready to be on the run…to fast track.

So today I would like to suggest that you make like an Ostrich and get your head in the sand!

Preplanning Final Arrangements should be part of your immediate considerations too.
Whether you are organizing a vacation abroad, preparing to spend the winter in the sunny south, or sitting down to write your 'to do list'….Home is where your family and your heart is - so for yourself, or for those you represent as a POA or a future Executor, make an appointment with your Bereavement Provider of choice and be prepared to fast track the practical part when death forces you to be ready - and it is only then that you will understand just how important it was that you prepared in advance "a space" that allows for emotion to be your priority.

Wareing Cremation Services...trust us with those last steps!
Tillsonburg Establishment: 519-409-5575
or
Woodstock Establishment: 519-290-5575

10/19/2023

After a long hiatus from our page, I am back to direct you to our redesigned website - www.wareingcremation.ca

It has been a pleasure to work with two incredible and professional young women, Jill Butler and Kerri Tomljenovic, who "do it all and even more" as website designers with their company Lume Creative!
Our Obituary Page restructure was made possible with the expertise of Wilson of Tuikos....your cooperation with Kerri and Jill has been and remains essential and is much appreciated.

We hope you find our fresh look online to be more informative, and easy to access.

Wareing Cremation Services Inc.