Cemetery Crematorium and Funeral Home France

Singer and actor, Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) won the entire world with his cane and famous canotier, with songs like My Apple or Valentine. Filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch leads him in many Hollywood music films (Parade of Love, 1930, Happy Widow, 1934). He is buried in his stage costume near his mother, in blue smoking, his canotier laid on the chest.

This cemetery dates back to the early th century. It houses the tombs of personalities who marked the history of the city, remarkable by their statuary and funeral monuments. Among the famous tombs to discover, obviously those of the Guerlain family.

Since July 1997, in the Capelette district, this funeral centre is visited by more and more families, relatives or acquaintances of recent deceased. As a public service, this organization is not profitable. One of its tasks is to «receive the bodies of persons who have died in a public or private institution outside the category of those required to have a mortuary chamber and the bodies of persons who died on the public highway». The intimate or close are received with dignity under optimum conditions of hygiene and respect for the person. Open every day, 24 hours a day, with a Code system, spacious lounges, soundproofed, all have air conditioning, a useful accessory during long periods of meditation or the evenings funeral. An interprofessional chapel is set up for religious ceremonies that take place during the lifting of the body. The most, a free reception and support service for those who stay in these difficult times.

The CIAF proposes either to pick up your pet at home, to the veterinarian or you can égalemnt it yourself. This service is only paid if the company moves. The rate is proportional to the race price: it is about 60 € in the Boûches-du-Rhône.