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Dale Martin Jr.
President

Dale Martin Jr. is a third generation Funeral Director and President/Owner of Martin Brothers Funeral Services, a company with a history dating back to 1907. Born in Alberta, Dale is a graduate of Brentwood College School on Vancouver Island, and has always considered Vancouver a second home. Dale attended the University of Lethbridge and studied Management Arts. His wife Colleen is Vancouver born and raised, and along with their two boys, Will and Jack, the Martin family spends much of their time in Lethbridge and Vancouver. Along with their new location in Dunbar in Vancouver’s West Side and the Pacific Ceremny yacht, Dale is also Chairman of the Board for The Caring Group Corp. and owns other funeral homes, flower shops, and monument design operations across Alberta and British Columbia.

Dale was instrumental in development of The Caring Group Corp’s. proprietary software, “eCare” Funeral Home Management Systems. This ground breaking software is now used in over 100 funeral homes throughout Canada and is key and instrumental to the advancement in technology within the funeral profession. Dale is a member of Rotary Club of Lethbridge, Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau both in Lethbridge and Vancouver. He is a member of both the Alberta executive and British Columbia Funeral Service Associations and the Canadian Funeral Service Association. In the business for over 35 years, Dale knows both the value of commemorating a loved one and understands the ever-evolving funeral market.

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Holiday Rememberance

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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