Our Staff

Bev Ashwin

Office Manager & Celebrant

I am a Celebrant with PrairieView Chapel & Crematorium.  I drove to Kelowna BC to take this training through InSight Certified Celebrants , a program developed by Doug Manning and now taught by daughter Glenda Stansbury.  Doug saw the need for funeral services to be personalized and designed to be meaningful tributes.

I worked in the Financial Industry for 36 years and took an early retirement in 2013. I worked with Executors regarding Estates in some of my time there. I was comfortable with grief, talking and listening to people is something I am told I have a gift. Although a sad time, you would hear some wonderful stories of those that had passed. 

 I only relaxed for two months before I began working part time at Family Pet Cremation Services. I have been full time office manager for four years now, which is in the same office as PrairieView Chapel & Crematorium.   I am the face that people see when they walk in the door and I ensure that they are comfortable whether they have lost a rabbit or their grandma. A Funeral  Director will be called upon for any funeral details for the grandma. I will look after the needs for the bunny.

I facilitate the Pet Loss Support group  twice a month at the Edwards Family Centre and provide grieving pet owners a listening ear when they need it. 

My Dad, Wes Ashwin, was ( and still is) an inspiration for me to take the Celebrant training. He passed away unexpectedly July 2018 at the age of 94. He was a United Church minister and along with other duties , he did “celebrant-like” funerals. Everyone wanted Dad to live long enough to bury them. His funerals celebrated their lives.  That is what I would like to do! A life lived, has a story to tell; friends and family want to hear it and I want to help you . Their life journey does not have to end.. it can continue in words.