Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens was born in Victoria and has worked in funeral homes since starting his apprenticeship in Victoria in 1998.  He has held the positions of Funeral Director, Embalmer, Lead Director, Head Embalmer and Location Manager.

Kevin’s career started at a funeral home in Saanich, near Victoria, BC in 1998.  After completing his 2 year apprenticeship he continued to work at the Saanich location as well as the company’s Victoria location funeral home.  Within 3 years of graduating, Kevin applied for and accepted the position as Manager of the Duncan location.  Shortly after accepting the position, Kevin and his family moved to the Cowichan Valley, where his children started school and joined their sports teams.  

Kevin continued to manage the funeral home in the Cowichan Valley until 2013, when he decided to pursue a career in a different field.  Realizing that he found working in after life care rewarding, and truly missed helping families, in 2014 he returned to the Funeral Industry working at a funeral home in Courtenay. First covering a maternity leave, then transferring to a permanent position back at the Victoria location where he began.  

With a desire to help families with after life care in his own community and unhappy with the commute to and from Victoria and the time away from his family, Kevin opened a funeral home of his own, a simplified version of what most funeral homes tend to be, offering the services of what most of the public are looking for. Evergreen Cremation Centre comes from this idea.

Natasha Keepence

Funeral Director

Natasha has had a long career working in health care starting in the 2000’s during this time she has worked mainly with geriatric and dementia patients. In 2015 Natasha begun her journey as a full time Funeral Director and Embalmer with First Memorial in Victoria, BC, before joining the team at Evergreen Cremation Centre in 2019. 

Having grown up on Vancouver Island Natasha enjoys travel but greatly appreciates the beauty this Island has to offer. 

Today Natasha enjoys a casual position in Health Care with Berwick Retirement Communities, running a small business in Victoria, as well as, working with families here at Evergreen Cremation Centre. 

Laura-Lee PARRIS

Celebrant/ Grief Specialist

Born and raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Laura-Lee graduated from Kingstec College with a degree in funeral services in 1999. She completed her apprenticeship with J.S. Snow Funeral Home and served there for 12 years before moving to Victoria with her husband in 2012. Laura-Lee is a certified funeral celebrant specializing in personalized memorials. Laura-Lee was recently named "Grammie" upon the arrival of her 1st grandson.

Hank Williams

retired...

Thank you Hank, for all the help you gave over the years.....