What's the difference between a funeral service and a memorial service?

The main difference between a funeral service and a memorial service is with a funeral service you will have your loved one present in the coffin. Whereas a memorial service is where generally a lot of families will have their loved one’s ashes present for the memorial. But with a memorial there's no real right way or wrong way to go about it. So a lot of people will have sometimes a memorial without their loved one’s ashes present. So with a funeral it happens shortly after a loved one has passed within a short period of time where a memorial it gives the family a bit more time to relax to breathe and you know make it a bit more personable. Sometimes it's a bit more relaxed. It opens up a lot of opportunities for the family not to just have a funeral service at a church or a chapel like you generally would traditionally. They could have it at, you know, at the surf life saving club or something that's meaningful for that family. It could even just be something as simple at home in the backyard. Makes all the difference there.