Choice Memorial Cremation & Funeral Services/Choice Memorial Inc.
105-4715 13 Street NE T2E 6M3 Calgary, AB, Canada

Sandra was a part of the Choice Memorial team for a year. From the day that I met her, I knew that she would be punctual, dependable, reliable and dedicated. Sandra showed up every day with a positive attitude and was a hard worker. She would never leave the office with a task unfinished. Sandra was the first voice that many of our families heard when they called in for our services. She was always very gentle and kind and reassuring, and made families feel confident that their loved ones would be taken care of. Sandra also brought sweet Gypsy to work every day, which was a nice distraction for all of the staff to get puppy snuggles. We are privileged to have met Sandra, to have had her as a colleague, and to have had her as a friend. Sandra you will be dearly missed by all of us at Choice Memorial. May you rest in peace.

So many times people say to me "may God bless you". Here is proof of his blessings - my perfect grandson Beau Ariston Martone. Congratulations to my beautiful daughter Lakeisha and my wonderful son-in-law James. Thank you for giving me this little bundle of perfection.

Inside the limo with the first three original staff members of Choice Memorial - Megan, Andrea and Adam. I am surrounded by pure goodness. I love you guys!

Had such a great night celebrating Christmas with the staff and their significant others. These people are the most dedicated, loyal, hard working group of people who work day and night to make sure our families are looked after. I am so thankful for each of my staff, and for their partners who support them and allow them to come in early, stay late, and get woken up in the middle of the night when the phones ring.

Thanksgiving has new meaning this year. There were some pretty tough times, but I have been blessed beyond words. New people have entered my life and brought me so much joy. The most amazing blessing is coming in February courtesy of my beautiful daughter and my fabulous son-in-law - it is official - in February I am going to have a grandson! Congratulations Lakeisha and James. I am counting down the days with you!

Today marks three years since we opened the doors at Choice Memorial. When Justin died in December, I looked for some staff to fill his shoes, and I am happy to say the shoes have not only been filled, but overfilled. We continue to serve from the heart, and have been blessed to not only meet and help such wonderful families, but to have many of them become our friends as well. "The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh" - Amy Schumer

Hey everyone, looking for something fun to do this weekend??? Check this out!! Can't miss a chance to see @dallassmith and Friends. I bet theres hot chocolate too!!!!

Today, we remember.....

Our deepest condolences and thanks for your service not only to the safe keeping of our country but to peacekeeping around the world.

Suicide Hotline 800-273-TALK (8255). A simple copy and paste might save someone's life. Would 3 of my Facebook friends please copy this post?

This 6-year-old boy who wrote a letter to Obama offering a new home to a Syrian refugee just got to meet the president.

Cathedral of the Redeemer opens its doors to furry friends for 20th annual Blessing of the Animals.

I've just witnessed the most moving, beautiful and romantic last gesture of love by a husband to his late wife. #farewell #truelove

Now this is true love..

Now THIS is how you lead a funeral procession in #Calgary #Ferrari

Wonderful day celebrating amazing K-9 companions in all facets of service. The 3rd Annual Working Dogs Fair was held at the Lower Bowmont Off-Leash park. Service dogs from all industries including Maisy were on hand with Olympic athletes, Mayor Nenshi, Counsellor Ward Sutherland, Calgary Police, Fire, Rescue, Canada Border Services and MANY other wonderful agencies.

Spend today loving, appreciating and being thankful for all we have. Life is precious, life in many cases is short. Focus on family, focus on being good, being kind, being respectful of differences. We're all in this together. Accomplish this today and repeat tomorrow...and so on and so on.

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day

The Choice Memorial family is celebrating today, the wedding of Lakeisha Jones (daughter of Teresa Jones) and James Martone. We love you both and we're so happy for you.

Happy #nationaldogday to all the four-legged and in some cases three-legged K-9 companions out there!!!

Hey everyone, don't forget voting is still open for the Calgary Chamber of Commerce People's Choice Award for 2016. Click the link below to vote for us!!!

Beautiful, warm, sunny day in Sundre, AB for the 37th Annual Calgary Italian Open Golf Tournament. #ChoiceMemorial is proud to be a sponsor and honoured to take part in this wonderful event.

What an AWESOME day, AWESOME event and AWESOME result. Congratulations to our team, "Hakuna Ma Ta-Ta's" on WINNING the Batting Against Breast Cancer Tournament in the top division. Such a wonderful event put on by some amazing, dedicated people. Can't wait to play again next year. We raised almost $4000 as a team of 10 players. Congrats and THANK YOU to all of you who contributed with donations. You're wonderful people. OH and as a side note, Teresa Jones is not in the team photo because she had to leave to see a family of course. That's dedication!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you to all of you who've so generously sponsored us and donated to our Batting Against Breast Cancer baseball team. You've contributed to such an amazing and important cause!! #breastcancerawareness. Pictures to follow!!!

Voting is now open!!! As we've explained, we've been nominated for Breakout Business of the Year and Customer Service Excellence. Now it's up to you, our friends and families who's been so supportive of us here at Choice Memorial. Click on the link below and vote for Choice Memorial for the People's Choice Award!! #yyc #peopleschoiceaward #calgarychamber

To all of our Facebook families and friends, Teresa and I are playing in a VERY important, worthwhile and wonderful baseball tournament this weekend, August 6th. It's the Batting for Breast Cancer Tournament. Pretty self explanatory. Breast Cancer and cancer in general affects every single one of us in some way or another. If you would be so kind as to donate anything....$5, $10, $20, $50 or more in support of Breast Cancer research, treatments and cures, we would be so grateful. Click on the link below and you'll see "Make a Donation". Type in one of our names, either Teresa Jones or Justin Dufault, and then the rest is easy.

Here's a big part of why we love what we do. We get to meet and care for families like Jennifer and James......and we got to know a pretty "rad dude". #celebrationoflife

Teresa and I couldn't be more proud or excited to be playing in this years #battingagainstbreastcancer #slopitch tournament on Saturday, August 6th in Airdrie.

#transition #grief #hope #yyc

#livelifetothefullest

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