Servicing Greater Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula & Geelong
Australian Family Owned & Operated Since 1993
FUNERAL SERVICES
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Russell Allen
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Funerals are a delicate process that require an experienced team dedicated to providing a premium service for your peace of mind.
Australian Pensioner Funerals, located in Melbourne, is an Australian-owned funeral director offering affordable and dignified funerals, including cremations, burials and prepaid funeral services.
For more information on what we offer, our pricing, why we are trusted by families, and some frequently asked questions, read below or call our helpful team today on (03) 9419 0004.
View funeral package inclusions & pricing using the links below:
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Cremation Funeral Services
Our affordable cremation funeral service packages include services in cemetery chapels, churches
& alternative venues.
We offer flexibility and care, ensuring that families can focus on farewelling their loved one, their way.
Owned & operated by the same dedicated Melbourne family for over 30 years.
Funeral Services We Offer
Below is a look at the range of services we offer as a provider of affordable funerals in Greater Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, and Geelong.
Cremation Services
We offer a range of complete cremation packages which may be adapted to suit your specific needs, including:
Cemetery Chapel Cremation Services
Church or religious venue services followed by Cremation
Services in other venues followed by Cremation
Direct low-cost Cremations
Low-cost viewings & private farewells
Memorial Funeral Services
Burial Services
We offer a range of burial packages to suit your specific needs, provided at all cemeteries in Greater Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Geelong and surrounding Victorian regional areas, including:
Graveside Burial Services
Cemetery Chapel Burial Services
Church or religious venue services followed by a burial service
Service in other venues followed by a burial service
Low-cost Direct Burial Services
Low cost viewings & private farewells
Religious & Spiritual Funeral Services
Our team understand the traditions and customs of religious funeral services with experience in providing the following religious or spiritual funeral services:
Christian denominations
Catholic
Anglican
Orthodox – Greek, Russian, Serbian, Romanian
Buddhist
Hindu
Non- religious spiritual services
Funeral Service Locations
Our team are experienced in providing funeral services in different venues in Greater Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula or Geelong and surrounding Victorian regional areas, including:
Cemetery Chapels
Cemetery Graves
Church or religious venues
Reception & Restaurant Venues
Community Clubs & Halls
Homes and Gardens
Prepaid Funeral Plans
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Australian Pensioner Funerals are specialists in providing prepaid funeral plans in Melbourne.
For over 30 years we have supported people to plan and prepay for their funeral providing them and their families peace of mind.
No, everyone is welcome to use our services, whether they are receiving a pension or not. While we offer affordable, quality cremation and burial services for pensioners, our prices apply to everyone.
We offer affordable funeral packages as we are a 100% Australian family owned business, and not a subsidiary of a large corporate funeral company. Larger companies are often backed by investors expecting a financial return. Because we are not answerable to third-parties, our business model does not include spending large amounts of money on advertising, recruiting and marketing enabling us to pass these savings on to our client families. We have over 30 years experience efficiently managing our funeral business, minimising overhead costs while ensuring that our focus remains providing affordable funerals in a caring and supportive way.
We support local, regulated Crematoriums in Victoria. Our cremations take place of your choice of: Fawkner Memorial Park, Altona Memorial Park, Lilydale Memorial Park, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Bunurong Memorial Park and Geelong Memorial Park.
We do not transfer people to privately run crematoriums interstate, supporting Victorian cemetery trusts and ensuring that our clients know the location of their loved ones at all times.
Our funeral packages are complete packages with GST included. We include all that is required for a dignified funeral service in our packages including both a celebrant for the service and coffin. The only additional fee that may apply is when a transfer into our care is required outside of business hours or from regional locations.
Yes, our Funeral Directors will readily make an appointment with you to make funeral arrangements for all of our services, when preferred. An appointment can be held at our office or our staff can travel to meet with you at your home or a convenient location for you.
Appointments are included in our package pricing and no additional fee applies.
We make all efforts for the Funeral Director who has made arrangements with you to be in attendance at the funeral. Knowing that the person you have met will be there is reassuring. On rare occasions when this is not possible, you will be notified who the Funeral Director will be and they will offer their support to you before the funeral service.
Yes, we are Prepaid Funeral specialists and have been providing Prepaid Funeral Plans to people living in Greater Melbourne and Geelong for over 30 years.
Information regarding our Prepaid Funerals can be found on our website or by contacting us.
Our funeral service has supported local families for over 30 years. We are trusted for our care, quality and reliability. Our funeral services are provided using our own facilities. Families are reassured that they know the location of their loved ones at all times. This allows for flexibility for private viewings and alternative types of farewells. Our complete funeral packages include all that is required for a dignified funeral service without any hidden additions. Families appreciate that there are no unexpected additional financial cost at an already challenging time.
Who We are: Local Funeral Service in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula & Geelong
We are a long-established, Australian-owned and family-run funeral provider bringing decades of experience operating in the funeral industry in Victoria.
We take care to ensure families and friends planning a funeral receive a thoughtful, stress-free service from familiar, trusted staff. As compassionate, respectful and professional funeral providers, our team works with care to ensure funerals run smoothly, with a focus on dignity, affordability, privacy and personalised care tailored to your unique needs.
Australian Pensioner Funerals did a wonderful job with my Dad’s funeral.
Kind, caring and compassionate, everything went well.
Specifically Angela who went above and beyond with everything, and still offers the same outstanding service that she offered throughout, amazing.
Sara
Sara
July 2026
Thank you for your kindness and care as we said goodbye to our Mum, Claudia.
You treated her with dignity and made her look so peaceful which brought us comfort. Your support helped us honour her beautifully.
With heartfelt thanks. – Sara & family
Paul & Collette
Paul & Collette
June 2026
We are writing to express our sincere gratitude for the exceptional service we received while arranging our funerals (Prepaid). We would like to commend Angela, Jane & Arianne for their outstanding support. They addressed all our enquiries with absolute professionalism, making us feel entirely at ease.
Although we researched numerous other companies, we had no hesitation in choosing your services. We take great comfort in knowing that that we and our family will be well looked after when the time comes…
Tina
Tina
June 2026
I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to you, Arianne and the team at Australian Pensioner Funerals for assisting us with the celebration of life for dad.
Just as was the case for mum, the level of professionalism, care and kindness all lead to a very non stressful and absolutely wonderful service to honour dad. We have received so much positive feedback from family and friends who all said what a special celebration it was and how proud dad would have been.
So thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for making a very difficult time that much easier for us all.
Phil
Phil
June 2026
Highly recommend, they were competent, compassionate and made the whole thing go according to plan.
More than happy, well done. Phil
Neville
Neville
May 2026
Arianne and Aust Pensioners Funerals were very thoughtful and respectful of our mum’s final wishes which ensured that mum had the dignified farewell she deserved.
Arianne was so caring and compassionate throughout the difficult process and our family could not be more thankful.
Christine
Christine
April 2026
… I just wanted to thank you and Angela (& Portia) for all your wonderful help with Elizabeth’s funeral arrangements and also how smoothly the whole service and burial went on the day.
Our family were very pleased indeed, and although I did break my word to Elizabeth on a couple of things, I think she would have loved her send off….
Renee
Renee
Feb 2026
We were blessed with Arianne Spratt as our funeral director. She was incredibly kind, caring and compassionate. She took the time to insure every detail of my brothers service was thought through and organised to precision. Throughout the days leading up to the service she checked in and helped in all aspects of this difficult time for us.
Always respectful, flexible and emotionally intelligent. In her company we felt as though we had known her for years, her personality is so very personable, so much so that she felt like family…
Jallay
Jallay
Dec 2025
… Professionalism and friendliness to perfection. I felt so supported during a difficult time and the assistance from Arianne was amazing. Angela in the office was also very supportive. I cannot fault Australian Pensioner Funerals and I’ll be pre-purchasing my funeral with them too.just wanted to express my sincere thanks to you, Arianne and the team at Australian Pensioner Funerals for assisting us with the celebration of life for dad.
… care and kindness all lead to a very non stressful and absolutely wonderful service to honour dad. We have received so much positive feedback from family and friends…
Kylie
Kylie
Oct 2025
Words cannot describe how thankful I am from the first time I spoke with Kester even though it was on the phone as I live in QLD he was so genuine and showed compassion and listened to our wishes. Everything my sister and I wanted he made sure it was done for us. I got to see my mum laying in her coffin and it looked just like her. The flowers were just what we wanted. Again thank u so much Kester and team cannot speak highly enough of Australian Pensioner Funerals.…Everything ran smoothly as we celebrated mum’s long well-lived life in a way that she’d have been very proud.
Rosemarie
Rosemarie
Oct 2025
Thank you, David for a memorable celebration.
Your warmth, supportive and extremely sensitive professionalism was heartfelt and outstanding.
The day ran smoothly and we thank you dearly.
Jennie
Jennie
Oct 2025
I cannot speak highly enough of Australian Pensioner Funerals. This was the second time I’ve been associated with them.
Arianne was absolutely brilliant from my first contact, organising mum’s funeral and especially on the day. Everything ran smoothly as we celebrated mum’s long well-lived life in a way that she’d have been very proud.
I would certainly recommend them for their care, compassion and professionalism throughout the entire process. When we took a variation on the pre-paid package from 20 years ago they were most accommodating and nothing was too much trouble.
Russell
Russell
Aug 2025
I cannot speak highly enough of Australian Pensioner Funerals after entrusting them with my beloved mother Beth’s funeral. From our very first contact right through to the conclusion of the beautiful service, every member of their team embodied genuine compassion, sensitivity, and absolute professionalism… Throughout the planning, nothing was ever too much trouble. They made sure each detail was attended to with the utmost care, creating a service that truly honoured Mum’s life and spirit. Their understanding and patience made a difficult time feel gentler, providing reassurance and thoughtful guidance…
Leanne
Leanne
Aug 2025
This is the second time my family have chosen APF for our loved ones and I can’t speak highly enough of them. They are professional, courteous, compassionate and thoughtful in a very sad time.
I want to give a special thank you to Arianne and Owen, they are absolutely amazing. My Dad’s funeral went exactly how we wanted it. It was very special..
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