About Us

Hello,

I’m Bonnie Hoffmann. I own and operate Pine Box Funerals, an independent Sherwood Park, Alberta business. My husband and I have lived rurally and raised our kids, and we’re delighted to have grandchildren.

I care about clarifying the processes around death for people, creating meaningful celebrations of life, and providing practical help to navigate loss and grief. 

I earned my funeral directors’ license in 2005. Before starting Pine Box Funerals, I gained practical experience and insight working at commercial funeral homes. I’m not an embalmer and I hold some pretty strong opinions about the procedure. Celebrant training has allowed me to serve families in other capacities. I’m a licensed, regulated funeral business manager. 

Emerging trends in end of life and after life care are of great interest to me. Community death care and the growing death doula movement are examples of occurring change. Cemeteries and the social movement of green or natural burial have led me to be involved with the Green Burial Society of Canada. 

For most of my life, I have been a public educator. Experience as a master facilitator with Caregivers Alberta taught me about friend and family caregivers, Alberta Health Services, palliative and hospice care, death care, and how we live with loss. 

And now, because of my experience, I am able to walk through this time with families, providing planning and practical services, guidance, and support.

You may have noticed the logo. Something about the spokes of an old wagon wheel speaks to me about seasons of our lives and those we are connected to, in family and in community. And, it’s just so Albertan.

Bonnie Hoffmann