Chris Martin Jong
Funeral Director

Chris G. Jong (Martin) represents the fourth-generation of the Martin Family and the first fourth-generation funeral director in the province of Alberta. Chris is the son of Gordon and Elizabeth Jong, the great grandson of Ben and Elizabeth Martin and the grandson of Dale and Kay Martin. Chris started his Funeral Service career in 1997 washing the funeral cortège at Martin Brothers after school.

In 2003 Chris enrolled in the funeral director/embalmer program with the Western School of Funeral Service, graduating in 2005. Chris worked with Arbor Memorial Services Inc. in Edmonton from 2003 until 2007, leaving the family business and obtaining his licenses outside our city. Chris is married to Carla Mroch and together they have a son, Grayson Christopher, born in 2009 and a daughter Aubrey Ann, born in 2013. 

Chris has continued a legacy of service and tradition throughout Southern Alberta. Chris is a local member of the Knights of Columbus council #10547, Lethbridge Fish and Game Association, Lethbridge Young Professionals, Alberta Funeral Service Association, and the American Institute of Embalmers.

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Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels hosts  an annual Holiday Remembrance Program

Many Families and friends join us for a presentation on coping with holiday grief in memory of those who have passed away.


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Our multi-ethnic approach

A client once said to me, “Dale, I don’t know what it is I don’t know”. That comment stuck with me and to this day we have integrated into our systems a great deal of “Forethought”, providing for an intuition to the needs of the grieving Canadian family.
Our multi-ethnic approach to the many cultural differences existing in the Canadian landscape reminds us that we all came from somewhere. The Martin family emigrated from England five generations ago at the turn of the last century, settling in Western Canada.

Whatever your background, Martin Brothers has experienced the traditions particular to your heritage. Our understanding of the needs of your family and in particular how we memorialize our loved ones in this new millennium is critical and in the forefront of how we operate today.

Taking time to understand what is important to you and your family is first and foremost in the culture of our work.
In your hour of need...Martin Brothers is there.

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Does The Pain Of Loss Ever Stop?

Q: I know the holidays are going to be hard, but what about afterward, can I expect to begin feeling better in the new year?

Another way of asking this question is “Does time heal emotional pain?” The short and perhaps disappointing answer is “not necessarily.” Time, by itself, does not heal the pain of significant bereavement.

The first time through a holiday season following a loss is often accompanied by a heightened awareness of the sorrow and pain. While we can arrange our seasonal activities to fit our comfort level or at least minimize the discomfort, there will be a return to “regular living” after the season is over.

 What then? Unfortunately, the mere return to a regular schedule and the passage of time alone will not result in long term healing. 
Long term relief from the emotional pain of loss is possible. It can be found through taking specific recovery actions. The Grief Recovery Method program is an eight week group process which guides participants through a series of action steps leading to resolution of the lingering pain of loss.

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Has anyone ever asked you about making funeral pre-arrangements? Do you ever think about how you’d like to be remembered by your loved ones after you’re gone? There’s more to making pre-arrangements for a memorial or funeral service than choosing songs, flowers, and a casket.

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Have you ever experienced mourning that you couldn’t discuss? Have you ever had someone close to you die, but found that their death wasn’t acknowledged by those around you? Disenfranchised grief is not just about losing someone, as Valerie explains in this episode.

Have you ever found yourself mourning someone you do not personally know? Does tragedy in the news upset you, as if you’d lost a loved one? When media alerts citizens about a tragedy in the news, many people share the emotions of the people who experienced it firsthand.

Have you ever heard of someone requesting no funeral service? Do you ever consider not having a funeral service yourself? When this happens, loved ones face the challenge of honouring the deceased’s final wishes while allowing themselves a time of mourning.

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