Macqueen's Funerals News

The Quilt

September 10, 2017When someone dies at a nursing home or hospital, the process of removing that person into our care can have a certain degrees of awkwardness depending on the time of the day. At night, there are no visitors and the nursing staff usually accompany us, though some places just point us in the direction. During...
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2017 Winter Events at Chapel on High

May 3, 2017Macqueen’s is again holding its annual winter series of concerts this year for the third time. Our first event for the year will be held on Sunday, May 7. It features Professor Kevin Brophy who has just returned from 6 months working in the Kimberley to resume his post in Creative Arts at Melbourne University....
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Macqueen’s Winter Concert Series 2016

November 29, 2016As the festive season approaches and the end of the year draws close, we at Macqueen’s would like to congratulate and thank all those who gave their time and effort to perform and help out at this year’s series of concerts in the Terang Chapel. We kicked off in May with Marie Ewing who’s a...
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Discussing death at any age helps to lead a happy life, expert says

October 25, 2016Talking about death is key to busting a cultural taboo that impacts our quality of life, an expert has warned. University of New South Wales professor of sociology Alex Broom says discussing death — even in a casual setting — is important for the individual, loved ones and society as a whole. It comes as...
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Change to the assets test for 2017

October 14, 2016clients can invest as much as they like to cover their future funeral expenses without negatively impacting their pension. The Government has announced that in 2017 the assets test free areas will increase to: $250,000 for a single homeowner $375,000 for a homeowner couple $450,000 for a single non-homeowner $575,000 for a non-homeowner couple For...
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Merindah Lodge presents Maria Forde

September 16, 2016You may remember back in July we had Maria Forde perform at one of our winter concert events to raise funds for Terang and Mortlake Health Services and Mount View Nursing Home. The concert was a sell out and I think I can say with some confidence that everyone who attended had a great time...
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Jam for Jean

August 15, 2016Macqueen’s is pleased to announce our third and final winter concert of the year: Jam for Jean. To be held on the 28th of August at 2.00pm, Jam for Jean will showcase local music students under the tutelage of Fiona Pugh playing a range of songs you’re sure to recognise. All proceeds will go towards...
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Nellie’s achievement award

July 9, 2016Anne and Steve were privileged to attend the annual change over of officers of the Terang Rotary Club on Tuesday (July 5), held in the Rose Room at the Terang Civic Centre.  Our congratulations to our Funeral Director (and Steve’s right arm!), Nellie Plummer who received an award for outstanding achievement. Congratulations also to Amie Schofield...
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Maria Forde performs at Terang Chapel

July 3, 2016Today we held another of our “Live at the Chapel” events, as I like to call them, to help raise funds for Terang and Mortlake Health Services and Mount View Nursing Home. We were fortunate to have the talented Australian Irish singer Maria Forde perform in our Terang Chapel. Despite a rather ordinary day weather...
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