A dignified funeral today, a living memory forever with support of Gillman & Abbey
July 16th 2026, 12:00 am
In Ghana, a funeral is one of the most important events a family will ever organise — and one of the most demanding. There are caskets to choose, a venue and chapel to arrange, a programme to print, family from Accra to Toronto to inform, and a hundred small decisions to make in the middle of grief. Then the day passes, the flowers wilt, the printed programme is misplaced, and the poster that once hung at the funeral home comes down.
It doesn't have to end there. Gillman & Abbey Funeral Service and Ghana Memorial Products (GMP) have partnered so that one relationship carries a family through both moments that matter: the funeral itself, and everything that is remembered afterwards.
An Innovative, Full-Service Funeral Home That Removes the Guesswork
Gillman & Abbey has served families in Accra for years from its home on the Winneba Highway in South Odorkor, and it is built to handle a funeral from beginning to end under one roof:
• Metal and wooden caskets, chosen to suit the family's wishes and budget
• Mortuary care and a chapel of rest for viewing before the funeral
• Room decorations, floral tributes, crucifix and epitaph work for the service
• Hearse rental, church trolley, pallbearers and a lowering device on the day
• A printed book of condolence, and repatriation support for family arriving from abroad
Because every one of these services sits with a single, experienced provider, families spend less time coordinating between separate vendors — and less money on the markups that come with it. That is what makes Gillman & Abbey an innovative full-service funeral home: not one more supplier, but the one call that makes the whole funeral simpler, faster, and more affordable to organise.
A Ghana Memorial page — Paul Yawo Axor. The digital home a family builds once and keeps forever.
Why the Memory Shouldn't End When the Funeral Does
A funeral programme is precious on the day. But paper fades, gets lost, and cannot reach a daughter in London or a nephew in Kumasi who could not travel home in time. Ghana Memorial Products was built around one simple belief: funeral is a moment, Ghana Memorial is forever.
The Ghana Memorial is GMP's flagship product — a dignified, permanent digital tribute that a family builds once, at the moment they need it most, and can return to for the rest of their lives. It includes:
• Family Page — introduces every family member and their role, from chief mourners to grandchildren
• Online Condolence Book — tributes from anywhere in the world, kept respectfully, forever
• Stories & Life Timeline — the milestones and memories that tell a whole life, not just a date
• Media Gallery — photos, video and audio in one place, instead of scattered across phones
• Funeral / One Week Information with a livestream button — so family abroad can be present
• Donation Link — contributions from home and abroad, gathered simply and transparently
• Grave GPS Locator and Tombstone QR Sticker — helping people find and reconnect with the resting place, long after the funeral.
The Online Condolence Book — heartfelt words from family and friends, collected in one dignified place.
A funeral programme built once on Ghana Memorial Products — shared instantly, never mislaid.
A Full Toolkit for Every Stage of the Journey
The Ghana Memorial is the centrepiece, but Ghana Memorial Products offers a complete set of tools that cover a family's needs from the first notice to the anniversary a year later:
Product | What it does for the family |
Ghana Memorial | The permanent digital tribute — family page, stories, gallery, condolence book, funeral info, GPS and QR. |
One Week Notice | Announce the one-week observation clearly and share it instantly across family networks. |
Funeral Announcement | A dignified, shareable digital announcement for WhatsApp, social media and print. |
Funeral Programme | The order of service — designed once, shared everywhere, never lost. |
Funeral Brochure | A fuller printed or digital keepsake of the day, ready to hand to guests. |
Online Condolence Book | Tributes collected from anywhere in the world, kept forever. |
Donation Link | A simple way for mourners at home and abroad to contribute. |
Funeral Donation Receipt | Professional acknowledgement for every contribution received. |
Funeral Appreciation Card | Thank the community that stood with the family, the modern way. |
Funeral Planner | A practical tool to organise every task and decision before the day. |
One Year Anniversary | Mark the anniversary with the same care as the funeral itself. |
Tombstone QR Sticker | Scan at the graveside and the whole memorial opens on a phone. |
Browse the complete range at ghanamemorialproducts.com/products.
The Donation Link — a simple, transparent way for mourners at home and abroad to contribute.
You Don't Have to Design Any of This Yourself
Grieving families are rarely in a position to learn new software or format a memorial page. That is why Gillman & Abbey's in-house design team sets it up on the family's behalf. Share the photos, the family details and the funeral information — the design team builds the Ghana Memorial page, the programme, and the announcement, so nothing is left for the family to figure out at the worst possible time.
“Ghana Memorial Products is one of the most innovative and outstanding funeral service platforms in Ghana. Supporting my clients during times of loss has become easier and more meaningful, especially as the memories of their departed loved ones are preserved in ways that remain relatively permanent for future generations to honour and commiserate with.” — Henry Korley Amartey, Designer Gillman & Abbey
This is the advantage of working with a full-service funeral home that has embraced digital memorialisation: one team, already trusted with the funeral itself, is also the team that builds the lasting tribute — carefully, respectfully, and without adding another vendor to manage.
One Partner, Before, During, and Long After the Funeral
Gillman & Abbey handles the logistics of the funeral day — the casket, the chapel, the hearse, the flowers, the service itself — at a cost and pace that respects the family's time and budget. Ghana Memorial Products then makes sure nothing about that life is left behind when the day ends: the stories, the tributes, the photographs, the location of rest, all preserved in one dignified digital home that the family — and the generations after them — can return to whenever they wish.
Together, it means a family does not have to choose between a well-organised funeral and a lasting memory. They can have both, arranged by people who already understand exactly what Ghanaian families need at this moment — and what they will still need years from now.
