| March 2024 |
| We are grateful for all your love, care and patience. Thank you for being there for us during this heartbreaking and difficult time. |
| August 2023 |
| Your unhurried delivery allowed everyone time to absorb unfamiliar parts of his story. You made the tribute reflect his life and character as if you knew him. Thank you Sue. |
| May 2023 |
| We can’t thank you enough for our day. |
| April 2023 |
| I think we did her justice. It has certainly been a roller coaster of emotions and physical energy. Thank you for your kind words, all your input and guidance. |
| March 2023 |
| Thanks you so much Sue, everything went perfectly for us it’s just what we wanted. |
| November 2022 |
| Thank you so much Sue for all your care and respect you showed us with this difficult service for Dad. We all wanted to hug you at the end. |
| October 2022 |
| Hi Sue, Thanks so much again for Saturday - an amazing day. Just perfect. |
| June 2022 |
| The service was absolutely beautiful and really touched and moved us. Thank you Sue for all your hard work and effort. |
| May 2022 |
| Thank you so much , you did such a wonderful job we all loved it so much ! |
| February 2022 |
| 'Thank You' for Tuesday and for all of your help beforehand . You really helped to make the occasion special and run very smoothly. I know Mum has rung you to say thank you herself. For what has obviously been a difficult time for everyone, the service was perfect, just what was needed. thank you. |
| February 2022 |
| Just wanted to say once again a big thank you for Dad's service yesterday. You helped make a difficult day a lot easier and we all thought that it was a lovely, warm, personal service that celebrated a wonderful person. |
| January 2022 |
| It was heartbreaking for us not to be there with Mum at the end, but your introduction addressed to all of us not able to be physically present, and your lovely manner throughout the service made it so much easier to bear. You read the eulogy and the poem so movingly that our voices could be heard through yours. |
| December 2021 |
| Thank you so much for the care you took of Mum throughout her funeral service, and the genuine warmth with which you celebrated Mum’s life. |
| October 2021 |
| I can never thank you enough for what you did for us all today. |
| September 2021 |
| Thank you so much for the care you took of Mum throughout her funeral service, and the genuine warmth with which you celebrated Mum’s life. |
| July 2021 |
| This is perfect - thank you for all your support and work on this, we are so appreciative. |
| June 2021 |
| Thank you so much for the beautiful way you led mum’s service today. Your wonderful reading of the words we had put together was just perfect and helped capture her life and her’s and dad’s story together. |
| We are very grateful for your part in making a difficult day more bearable. |
| May 2021 |
| Just to say very many thanks for all the hard work you did in putting together J’s lasting tribute which was just him! |
| Thank you Sue, Everything with your help went off according to plan and we even had our family tea party in the garden, thanks to the unexpected good weather!
Once again many many thanks for a day we will always remember. |
| November 2020 |
| A huge thank you for conducting Mum’s service. It was spot on and so many friends commented what a fantastic job you did, how beautifully you spoke and the gentle way you carried out your role. |
| Thank you for all your help in preparing Dad’s funeral and for the compassionate way you conducted the service. Everyone told us it was lovely. |
| Thank you Sue for the professional empathetic way you conducted the service. It was very difficult for all concerned but we are so very grateful for your guidance and support.
Best wishes. |
| October 2020 |
| Thank you Sue for making a hard day easier |
| June 2020 |
| Sue, I cannot thank you enough. It was a beautiful send off for my Grandad today, it was perfect. Everyone commented on how brilliant the whole service was. And we loved his famous little swearing gesture. |
| April 2020 |
| I just wanted to let you know how very grateful we are for the kindness you showed us before and during the service for our son. It was, and is, truly appreciated. |
| February 2020 |
| I just want to say how lovely your tribute was for Auntie. You captured her personality just right and helped everyone to say “goodbye”. |
| January 2020 |
Thank you for sending me the final copy of your words for my Mum, which you delivered so sensitively yesterday. We were all deeply moved. It was a time which will remain with both my children and myself as a cherished memory.
Thank you so very much for today. Your words were beautiful. I really appreciate it xx |
| December 2019 |
| Thank you so much for conducting yesterday’s service. Everyone afterwards said it struck exactly the right tone and Dad would have appreciated it I’m sure. |
| November 2019 |
| Thank you so much for leading the service for Dad yesterday. So many people said how lovely and personal the service was and that it felt like you had known him personally, which I am sure is because you spent time meeting us and getting to know about Dad - the way you ran the proceedings, calmly and with care, was really appreciated by us all. I think Dad would have been really happy. |
| September 2019 |
| Both Mum and I would like to say a big thank you for conducting my Grandma's service on Wednesday. A very difficult time for us all, but you were absolutely wonderful and everything went exactly as we had planned. I think Grandma would have been pleased and proud and she would have approved at the humour we put in the Eulogy, she didn't like people to be sad! |
| July 2019 |
| Just wanted to thank you for a lovely service for P today. You made it very special. |
| June 2019 |
| Thank you Sue for what you did, really was nice. Thanks again, great day. |
| Thank you for today it was lovely and you captured mum perfectly, it was very emotional but at the same time I was proud of my mum. Everyone said it was a lovely service. |
| Thank you for spending the time to write such appropriate words for my dad It is very much appreciated. I am more than happy with everything. |
| May 2019 |
| The whole event was managed in a truly professional manner and you have helped us through such a sad time. |
| April 2019 |
| Thank you Sue for the beautiful service you conducted for mum. Everybody enjoyed the moment, particularly the memories you conveyed for us of her life and experiences. |
| January 2019 |
| Apart from the weather over which we have no control the day itself was incredible and everything we wanted, thanks Sue |
| It was a difficult day for all of us, but made better by the thoughtful way you handled it.
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| December 2018 |
| Would like to say a big thank you for your kind words about L. She will be smiling down at us all. |
| A big thank you for Dad’s ‘Send Off.’ Everything went beautifully and you delivered the Eulogy with care and dignity.
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| October 2018 |
| Thank you for contributing wonderfully to what was an incredibly beautiful, heart-felt, personal service that made people laugh, smile, cry and sing. The room reverberated with love. |
| September 2018 |
| Thank you for the time, effort and for listening so deeply and carefully to what we said. The words were perfect. |
| A big thank you from all of us for taking so much trouble over Mummy’ s service on Saturday. We think she would have been very happy indeed with the way everything went.
Thank you for all that you said yesterday, it was truely lovely and it was soo my dad. |
| July 2018 |
| We wanted to say a heart felt thank to you for being our Celebrant. You were truely brilliant. You guided our farewell in such a sensitive, gentle, warm and positive way and you enabled us to make the event very much as we wanted it and certainly as he would have wished. |
| Every one there commented on what a wonderful ceremony it was and how much it reflected the essence of our beloved A. The funeral has been such an important and positive part of the grieving process, despite the profound sadness and our memories of it will help us in the hard days to come.
Thank you for all that you said yesterday, it was truely lovely and it was soo my dad. |
| A very heartfelt thank you. Sue, for the way you conducted the ceremony this morning. When you consider the odds of actually being born and having the chance to celebrate life in your own way, is one of nature’s gifts and I think you helped to convey this to, what was (to me) a very young gathering. |
| June 2018 |
| We would just like to say thank you for a beautiful service on Friday, we could not ask for any more. Sun was shining and all the people that mattered to dad were there. We had so many comments regarding your service how uplifting it was. ( Just how Dad would have wanted it.) |
| Thank you Sue. You made the day quite incredible and memorable. Great work. |
| Thank you so much for yesterday. My family and I all felt that it could not have gone better. It is good that we are all left with a memory to be cherished. So many people came to say farewell and the ceremony reflected the person we'd all known and loved but who we'd lost some time ago. I especially appreciated the way you listened so carefully to my story and encapsulated it in your own words. |
| May 2018 |
| We made everyone laugh and cry which was very fitting. Thank you Sue for your hard work and wonderful words. |
| It's never easy when you are bidding farewell to a loved relative and I am very grateful for the compassionate way you delivered the words, which certainly left us and the rest of the congregation with happy memories of the times shared. |
| March 2018 |
| Sue, thank you very much for all your hard and wonderful work to help celebrating H's life at the funeral service yesterday. It really was a beautiful and moving service. I was very glad that you were recommended you and you were available to take us on. I wish you all the best for the future, especially in your work to help the grieving. |
| February 2018 |
| Dad was greatly comforted by your confident management of the service celebrating Mums life and we all felt immense relief that the day ran smoothly and as well as we could have hoped. |
| You helped us through the difficult process of planning Mums service and showed great patience with our amendments and suggestions for the words we were asking you to read out on our behalf. You provided a very valuable service at a very difficult time for us. Thank you Sue |
| January 2018 |
| Thank you for the wonderful service you gave my nan on Tuesday. We were all so pleased of how it went and you captured her life brilliantly. I know she would have been very happy with the day and she would have loved your butterfly badge! |
| July 2017 |
| The whole service was about him and that’s just what we wanted. It was all so perfect, even the weather – did you organise that as well! |
| Thank you Sue for all the time you spent with us planning the event and the advice you gave us. You are a lovely person and you made everything so special for us.
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| June 2017 |
| Thank you for your support throughout such a difficult time. You set a tone that was exactly right for our family and for Mum. We really appreciated your advice and availability all the time. Your eulogy was so enjoyable. It was such a memorable occasion.
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| Thank you so much for making my dear friend’s funeral a great success. Your warm and caring words and the way they were presented made the service very personal to everyone. Just the way it should be.
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| May 2017 |
| Thank you for the beautiful service you did for Nan. It was her to a T, and she would have absolutely loved it. Truly perfect, full of love and kindness, just like her. Thank you for making a very difficult day a little bit easier.
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| April 2017 |
| Your gentle manner and voice, the way you spoke to individuals and your quiet humour were all perfect. We are completely sure we gave him the best send-off we could and are so thankful for it. Everyone who was there came away with such a positive sense of a life well-lived and said afterwards that it was one of the best 'services' they had ever been to. When I reflected on it this morning I found myself smiling. I can't think of a better way to start the next chapter of my life.
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| March 2017 |
| Quite a few people have said ''who was the lady taking the service?'. I and everyone else said the same thing, although you never knew my wife, when you spoke it was like you did and for that I will be forever grateful.'
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| I had reservations before I had met you as I was totally unprepared about how you could speak about someone you never knew but you made it all seem much more personal, like you did know her. Once again, thank you, thank you thank you.
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| February 2017 |
| I knew once we had met you we were in safe hands and you conducted proceedings as if you had known my husband all your life. It was a unique experience for all who attended, absolutely fitting for the life he had lead.
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| Thank You for making mum's funeral so warm. I have had a lot of people come to me and say how well you described mum and that you made the service both warm and a reflection of how much she was loved.
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| January 2017 |
| Just wanted to say a very big thank you for yesterday. It obviously was going to be a very emotional day, but you took a lot of the pressure
away from us and I can't thank you enough. I wish you well, you made a very difficult day so much easier for us all. |
| December 2016 |
| We are grateful for everything you put into the ceremony, with an open mind and heart. You were the perfect choice.
Your friendliness and professionalism made it a perfect day for all of us. I am so pleased I met you Sue. |
| November 2016 |
| I just wanted to say thank you so much for yesterday. From our perspective it went extremely well and your sensitivity was much appreciated.
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| Thank you so much for your contribution to my husband’s farewell and helping us through. What a fantastic job you did.
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| September 2016 |
| Everyone praised the service, the tribute, the music, the order of service & your well measured & clear delivery. One of my husband’s ex colleagues actually said it was the best funeral he had ever attended, before thinking about what he had just said, apologising for his terminology & then saying 'but it was!' It was also said how good it was to have young children attending & joining in (hopefully not distracting you too much), making it the real family occasion it was meant to be.
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| August 2016 |
| Everyone said it was the best service they’d ever attended. On such a sad day you made it lovely.
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| July 2016 |
| Thank you for making such a sad occasion a celebration, we really appreciate all your hard work.
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| June 2016 |
| Thank you for the lovely funeral service for Mum. Everybody that attended said it was the most fun they had ever had at a funeral and that it captured my mum exactly. Everybody felt her in the chapel with us. It was just as she would have wanted it and I feel proud that we could achieve that.
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| I wanted to say how well the funeral went thanks to all your hard work!
You must have spent many hours contacting people as well as getting the final write up ready. Thanks again for making it a lovely celebration. |
| May 2016 |
| Such a lovely funeral. It was perfect.
Thank you so much for being so kind. You did us and our Dad proud. |
| April 2016 |
| There was a pleasant intimate feel to everything, the whole service was so smooth and ‘right’ for everyone. Thank you very much. You were very kind to me and helped me a lot.
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| March 2016 |
| Thank you Sue for the wonderful way you conducted my brother’s service. The balance was so right and the music brought it all together. Your kindness and sympathy helped us so much. |
| Thank you Sue, very much for the lovely service you gave for our son. The service went just as we had wanted and you presented our family words beautifully. We had lots of comments afterwards about how nice the service had been, and for this we shall be forever grateful. |
| We would like to thank you for a wonderful service, we can now leave with good thoughts and great memories. Mum would have been delighted. |
| I just wanted to say thank you for a lovely send off for my dad, so short and simple just how he would of wanted it, all the best. |
| Thank you so much for leading the celebration of P's life yesterday. Everyone said what a lovely service it was and if they didn't know about his life at the start, they felt they knew him at the end. It was a most fitting tribute and it has given my family and I some comfort at this difficult time. |
| February 2016 |
| Thank you very much for such a lovely service, it was perfect for my brother. We were all quite moved by your words that summed him up so well. They brightened up what was a sad occasion. |
| Thank you very much, for a great service, every one commented on who nice the service was. You did M proud and if she was here today she would say the same. |
| January 2016 |
| Just wanted to drop you a quite line of thanks. Apart from the weather
“not playing ball” I think we gave the fella a good spend off. |
| Thank you Sue so much for today. Your tone and delivery was warm, clear and very natural and everyone commented on how well everything went. |
| December 2015 |
| Thank you Sue. It was lovely yesterday despite the awful reason we were there. |
| The celebration of M's life went very well, and he would have been happy. There were so many of his colleagues/clients who came to pay their respects, I think he would have been overwhelmed. Thank you again for all your help and support throughout. |
| November 2015 |
| I wanted to thank you for your beautiful service today for dad. It hit all the right notes, with the right balance of emotion and sentiment, he would have wholeheartedly approved. I thought it so lovely how you turned and talked to dad, it brought the man to the service if you know what I mean. Again our thanks to you for all your thoughtfulness. |
| Everybody was saying how beautifully calm and sincere you were and your lovely choice of words, particularly for the reflection and farewell. Thank you for making it a great celebration of my son, a tribute and also loving farewell until we meet again. |
| Thank you for giving Dad a good send off. I thought you spoke very well and put real meaning into your and our words. |
| October 2015 |
| The service was exactly how we wanted it, I think it's amazing that you can pull it together like that from all of those scraps of information and memories a lot of which were pretty vague. |
| I would like to thank you for the beautiful and personal service you conducted for my special precious mum. You helped to make a day that for me was so difficult to cope with, a memory that is already becoming a small smile in my head. |
| September 2015 |
| The funeral was very moving and the whole family have commented on how nice it was. |
| Bearing in mind the assorted information given to you, it was wonderful how you collected these memories for the occasion. Thank you so much Sue. |
| Everything went so well just what Dad would have wanted. Afterwards nearly
everyone commented on what a lovely service it was and that is thanks to
you for guiding us through. |
| August 2015 |
| Thank you Sue for the wonderful ceremony that you helped us put together. I can't imagine it having been more appropriate and perfect than it was. So many people have said to me how special it was. Perhaps the most memorable comment I've had was that it was a loving ceremony, and that summed up what I wanted. |
| Your words and tone were just perfect and captured her personality superbly. Thank you Sue for being instrumental in making what was a difficult day, special. |
| Thank you so much for yesterday, I believe the Eulogy was perceived very well and without a doubt was due to your vocal skills - you were very calming. |
| July 2015 |
| Just a small thank you for giving Dad such a lovely send off. You managed to hit exactly the right note and pulled everything together perfectly for us. |
| Thank you much for conducting B’s service. Although it was a time of mixed emotions everyone said how lovely it was and so right for B with the words and music. Thank you again from all of us for all your help and kindness in making it such a memorable day. |
| June 2015 |
| Your words and empathetic approach paid tribute to granddad’s life and passing in a beautiful way. Just wanted to say how wonderful the service was yesterday. Thank you again so much from all of us. You did us proud. |
| May 2015 |
On behalf of my family and myself I would like to thank you for the professional way you conducted the ceremony for my late husband. I cannot thank you enough. We are all finding it very hard to come to terms with this tragic loss, but your friendly and caring manner helped us all through this sad occasion
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| Once again thank you so much for yesterday. You have a lovely way with words. The family were all so glad to have met you and that you were part of our special day. |
| Just to say thank you for the lovely ceremony you held for my dear past friend. I felt tearful as I walked into the Chapel but then I felt very peaceful. I hope and think that we managed to hold a ceremony which she would have wished. |
| April 2015 |
| Just wanted to say that you did us proud today and that everyone said how lovely you were. Thank you it meant so much. Sorry I wanted to give you a hug but it never happened. |
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Thank you again for the moving ceremony for our Dad. Your kind and calm manner was greatly appreciated at a difficult time. |
| March 2015 |
| I thank you for delivering a very good service, everyone has said it was so nice and they preferred the poetry, rather than having to sing. |
| February 2015 |
| Thank you so much, we do appreciate all you have done for us and the lovely words for both of our Mums. |
| I just wanted to express thanks on behalf of my family and myself for the excellent delivery of the service for my late mother yesterday. Everyone, family and close friends with whom we spoke after the ceremony said how good it was and hoped theirs will be just as good when their time comes! |
| January 2015 |
Thank you for making his day so special for us all. You really did capture his spirit so well. I also appreciate your attention to every detail, it’s the little things that make a huge difference. Everyone I spoke to complimented me on your lovely service. |
| Sue I thought the ceremony went really well and your words were beautiful. |
| December 2014 |
| Thank you for the personal way you conducted our uncle’s funeral. The poem was very apt, it was as though it was written for him. You made the day a lot easier for us. He would have been very proud. |
| I just wanted say a huge thank you to you on behalf of all of our family for the beautiful service you gave mum, it was perfect in every way. We have all said how your reading was written so well & was read full of compassion & very heartfelt, just perfect. |
| November 2014 |
| We couldn’t possibly thank you enough for the wonderful ceremony you conducted for our beloved, J. Many of our friends and family have commented on what a fitting tribute you created and how you truly captured something unique and meaningful for everyone there. It is incredibly difficult work that you do and you should take a good pat on the back for a job well done. |
| I just wanted to say a big thank you to you for your service for my father and all your support in putting it together and making it the success that it was. We were very pleased at how it all went and we had a number of people tell us it was the "nicest" and happiest funeral they had ever been to. |
| Just wanted to say thanks for leading the service and tell you how happy we were with your contribution. I feel you really helped capture the mood we were going for. Thanks. |
| October 2014 |
| You spoke with such warmth, it made it feel very personal for everyone there so that they were all able to remember mum with such affection. We would like to convey our thanks to you. Mums service reflected all the things that were important to as a family and we felt it was very personal and heartfelt. Absolutely lovely; it all went very well and we are very pleased. Thank you for all your hard work. It was absolutely fabulous. |
| September 2014 |
| Thanks a million for the wonderful service you conducted for dad. A wonderful service performed with dignity and compassion - thank you Sue. |
| I would like to say a special thank you to you for conducting a beautiful service. Everyone who attended commented on your genuine kindness and professionalism. My mum would have been very proud. |
| I would just like to thank you again for yesterday. We all (few!) thought it went very well and I do appreciate all of the care that you took over the service. I think that it set just the right tone. |
| Thank you for such a perfect ceremony. Every one of my small family thought it was the best way to say goodbye to such a lovely lady |
| August 2014 |
| We are so grateful for the wonderful words you wrote and spoke at Grandma’s funeral. You summed her up perfectly and I know she would have been so pleased. |
| Would just like to say thank you for what you did yesterday. We were all very pleased with the service and had comments from lots of people saying how good they thought it was. |
| Just want to thank you for the wonderful job you did on our friend’s ceremony. Everyone remarked how very well you had done and what an appropriate end to his life. |
| July 2014 |
| I am writing to thank you so much for the wonderful ceremony you performed for my dad. He would have loved it. You have been so kind and accommodating, everyone commented favourably on the service. We were all surprised with my mum singing ‘We'll Meet Again,’ but what a wonderful way to end. |
| Many thanks for all your help in putting together such a beautiful service for us. Numerous people at the funeral commented on how good you were, your empathy and support - we couldn't have asked for a better person. |
| Sue, our first impression of you was one of warmth, sincerity and kindness, and we could not help but really like you, so for that I thank you again. |
| I want to thank you for the lovely job that you did at Mum’s funeral. Everyone there thought that it was a fitting and appropriate serve and eulogy. I thought you were sensitive and caring too and felt that Mum would have been pleased. |
| June 2014 |
| Thank you for such a moving service and your patience both before and during the service which was a great comfort at such a difficult time. |
| I would like to thank you on behalf of all our family and friends for the moving service today. We all felt that you really helped us to express our thoughts and feelings far better than we could have done so ourselves. With warm appreciation. |
| Such a lovely tribute to my sister. It was a lovely service and send off for A on her last journey. It really has meant a lot to me. |
| May 2014 |
| You held the ceremony so gently and securely, making a difficult occasion flow with caring and ease. We were lucky to find you. |
| Thank you so much for taking the service at Mum’s funeral which everyone said was so very moving. Also for your patience both before and after the service which was a great comfort at such a difficult time. |
| Thank you so much for the lovely service today. Everyone said how lovely it was and also commented on how good you were. You did us proud. And thanks for the support you gave me about reading my own words out. It totally took the pressure of me which enabled me to do it in the end. |
| Thank you so much Sue for a lovely service yesterday. It was nice to have a few chuckles as well as tears, he would have wanted that. |
| April 2014 |
| We were really pleased with the way things went at the service for our mum. We both said afterwards that your words and the way they came across captured mum perfectly, and we really could have asked for no more. Our sincerest thanks to you for your empathy and support at what has been a particularly difficult time for the two of us. We genuinely couldn't have done things anything close to as well without you. |
| Just a line to say the service for Dad was all that we wanted. Thank you so much. |
| March 2014 |
| Thank you for sending Mum off with such a lovely service, we have had lovely comments on how the service was conducted. Thank you, once again for your patience and understanding, and a big thank you from all the family who said, that you got it spot on for Mum. |
| You managed to capture Dad's character and warmth so accurately. Your service helped make a difficult day so much easier. |
| You put everything together so well and with so much care and consideration. So many people after said how well you had conducted the service by showing so much respect for our family and friends. I'm so glad that you were available to help support us through a tough time. |
| February 2014 |
| It's hard to put in any other way then: we couldn't have imagined anyone better to guide us through such a painful time with such gentleness & grace. |
| Just wanted to say a big thank you to you for all that you done and said yesterday for my brother. I do thank you from the bottom of my heart . |
| Thank you for being a true rock and calm space during this time. |
| It was a lovely ceremony and so much in keeping with what he would have wanted. Thank you for making the ceremony reflect his life so well. Thank you very much from all the family. You did a superb job. |
January 2014 |
Just a few lines to thank you once again for putting together such a beautiful
service for Mum. We all felt it was truly perfect, we will always remember it!
Everyone that was there remarked that it was the most beautiful and touching service
they had ever been to. You really did an amazing thing! |
| Thanks for an amazing tribute for my Father, you did an incredible job. I thank you so much, you made everything go so smoothly |
| October 2013 |
| "I cannot describe what I felt when I first read your draft of the service. For the first time in a very long and traumatic time I just felt totally at peace." |
| "Thank you Sue for the way you put across our feelings and thoughts about H at his funeral. You turned our few words into a whole lifetime story, the way we really wanted it said. You made it special for all of us." |
| "Many thanks Sue. You did her proud!" |
| "Thank you Sue for looking after our ‘event’ so well." |
"I was absolutely thrilled with the service you delivered!
Many thanks for your patience!" |
"Just a line to say how grateful we are for your kind considered, tribute
to Mum, we both realise how difficult it is to join the dots and make such a
complete image from the brief details we provided. But what you did was very
fitting. Once again many thanks." |
| September 2013 |
| "Thank you for everything yesterday. Your delivery of J's service could not have been more touching or moving." |
| "On behalf of Mum and all the family I would like to thank you for a very calming send of for Dad he didn't do Pomp so the service was just right
So once again may thanks." |
| "Thank you so much Sue. I just wanted to say a sincere thank you for the beautiful and moving service you gave my brother on Friday. Also the help and guidance given to my sister-in-law. Many members of our family, and my brother’s friends, have commented that it was very lovely, moving and perfect for him." |
"Thanks for conducting such a lovely service we couldn't have had a better person to be involved at such a difficult time for us." |
| August 2013 |
| "I am writing to thank you so very much for the way you led the service for Dad yesterday. The service was perfect in so many ways, it reached out and touched people in so many different areas. Every comment made after the service was so very positive, whether about you, the poem, the service, the balance and even to music choices." |
| "Thank you so much for the beautiful service you did for my Mum. It was lovely, my family and myself are very grateful for her lovely send off." |
| "All I spoke to were extremely impressed and pleasantly surprised as they had not been to Celebrant service before. You are such a warm, kind and astute person to allow people to experience your interpretation of our words." |
"Sue, thank you so much for making Dad's funeral such a happy event.
Your calmness and control of the ceremony was a great comfort to us all.
Your reading of the eulogy and support during my granddaughter’s reading was so very much appreciated." |
| July 2013 |
| "We felt very proud of how we, ( with your guidance ) managed to have such a natural, personal and honest service and not just a ‘run of the mill’ one with no significant meaning." |
| "In a way as difficult as the funeral was, it was so lovely just being about who dad was and what he was about. It really was a beautiful service and we received so many wonderful compliments and for all this we thank you." |
"Thank you Sue, for helping to make a sad occasion memorable. Your tribute was so true you could have known Mum herself." |
| June 2013 |
| "Thank you Sue for reading out my words to Granddad, you read them so well. He would have been pleased." |
| "The tribute you wrote was perfect and I appreciate the time you took with me to ensure you got it just right!" |
| "Just want to tell you a very big thank you for a very good Ceremony for B. All my relations was very pleased with your speech and like your personality. They ask me to print copy of your draft and take it home. Thank you Sue." |
"Sue, I just want to thank you on behalf of myself and all the family for
the wonderful eulogy you gave for our Mum on Monday. If anyone asks me to
recommend a celebrant for a funeral I will mention your name." |
| May 2013 |
| "Thank you for all your help ,it was a lovely service for Dad ." |
| "Just a quick line to thank you so very much for conducting Mum and Dad's
ceremony. Everyone commented on how lovely it was. We are so grateful for
your kindness and compassion, it made a very difficult day bearable." |
| "My eternal thanks for your kindness when I entered the chapel it gave me the
strength not to fall to pieces and to hold my head up high and be proud for the man I love." |
"As soon as I met you last night and we had chatted for a while I knew you were the perfect person to describe the loving and caring person B was to me, and all his friends and to make his final farewell to us all the way he would have wanted it to be, and us to him." |
| April 2013 |
| "Thank you so much for the beautiful service you gave us. So many people have asked about you and have said that they would like the same." |
| "You did a wonderful job and we’ve had many comments saying how nice the service was. One of our friends said, ‘it was the best funeral’ he had ever been to." |
"Just to thank you so much for the lovely service you gave for my Uncle's
funeral. Everyone said how good it was and how clear your voice was, so they
all could hear." |
| March 2013 |
"D and I would like to say a big thank you to you for the lovely service
of our dear mother. Everyone who attended said how lovely it was
and very touching even though the weather was awful on the day it brought a
smile to their faces .
Once again thank you Sue, D and I could not have wished for anything
more and we know that it would have been just what E would have wanted ." |
| February 2013 |
"Many thanks, I think this was the nicest most personal service I have ever
attended. Thank you. |
| "Thank you so much for making Mum's funeral so special. I was discussing it
afterwards with family and friends and we all felt your celebration of Mum's
life was perfect. B was very happy that we were able to add ‘Moon River’
at the last moment as she and my Mum were very close. S and I felt this was the perfect send off for our Mum." |
"Just wanted to thank you for the service you gave for my dad. It brought back many memories for all of us, and we appreciate the time you
obviously spent on putting everything together, in such a personal way.
Many of my family commented on what a lovely tribute it had been to my dad." |
"I have been a long time in writing to you, to say thank you for officiating so well and with such eloquence at R's funeral. Thank you also for all the
wonderful help, guidance and kindness you gave to me whilst planning it. You ensured R's funeral was so special. So many of our friends and relatives remarked how lovely the 'service' was and how personal to R it was. Thank you so much, it could not have been better and far exceeded my expectations." |
| "I just wanted to say a personal thank you for a really memorable and loving ceremony yesterday, which everyone truly thought a really honest and warm tribute to G's life - with both very happy and some very sad and difficult times. You put in so much
hard work and constructive effort and conducted the ceremony so sensitively
and professionally. Thank you." |
| "Thank you once again for the lovely service yesterday for my Mum. I have had many comments from friends and family about how lovely and dignified it was and more importantly personal. I am glad it all went off without a hitch and that in part was down to you. My grateful thanks and that of my family." |
| January 2013 |
"Just a card to say thank you for your oration at mum’s funeral. It was very much appreciated by us all. I’m sure mum was looking down having a chuckle about all the nice things you said about her.
It’s quite a talent you have to condense what was a long life into a concise picture of her. I think those there will remember your words for a long time." |
"Thank you Sue for all your time and input in planning M’s funeral. We couldn’t have wished for it to be any better. It went so well." |
| "I wanted to thank you for your help and for the service you conducted. I received many compliments which were of course due, to the greater extent,
to your efforts and I personally couldn't have wished for a more touching
send off for S. Thank you once again for your help. You greatly eased that particular passage for me." |
| "I have just come away from the funeral of S and unfortunately wasn't able
to speak to you about the service; it was without doubt the most moving and poignant service I have ever attended and a wonderful way to celebrate her life and to say goodbye." |
| December 2012 |
"Thank you so much for today, it was wonderful. Once again Thank you." |
| "I've been meaning to contact you since P's funeral in November to
say thank you for a really lovely ceremony. I go to the cemetery quite regularly so it was very important to me that
The ceremony was so "right". I have had lots of people telling me how good it was so, again, many thanks." |
| " Thanks very much for your hard work which helped make yesterday so special. Many of the congregation came up to us afterwards to say how your eulogy
made the occasion very personalised-I'm sure just what H would have
wanted. In fact a couple said how it had made them rethink how they would like
their own funerals to be one day!" |
| "We just wanted to say a very big thank you for
the lovely service you gave for Dad. Everybody, who attended the service, commented on how lovely it was and what a great send off! You depicted Dad perfectly! Once again, thank you so much we couldn't have wished for better!" |
| "Thank you Sue for a beautiful service, it was sad but a lovely send-off to my fantastic dad. We really appreciate all the effort you went into to make a truly personal service and appreciate your patience in putting it together with input and opinions from various family members!!" |
| "This is a belated thank you for the beautiful contribution you made as a Celebrant both at the Celebration of J’s life and at the Cremation. The skill and compassion you showed as you linked the tributes at the Celebration and the wonderful words you used at the Cremation helped to make the two ceremonies so meaningful. I have had so many positive comments about the Celebration of J’s life and I know you played a significant role in that positivity. Thank you Sue." |
| November 2012 |
"We just wanted to say thank you for the lovely funeral service you conducted for my mum. Thanks once again for everything." |
| October 2012 |
"I am sorry I didn't get round to thanking you properly on Friday. You did a great job: everyone said it was just right. I am sure you will be just as helpful to my friend R, who has asked for your services for her friend M, who died last week.
We didn't know of the existence of civil celebrants before this, but we are very grateful to J for suggesting you. It was just right for Mum." |
| September 2012 |
"I did want to tell you how grateful J and I are both for your
pre-service help and the actual celebration of P`s life. As you
are well aware - it is a difficult time and you helped us cope! Thank
you so much." |
| "I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for taking Grandma's funeral on Friday. You did a great job of taking the pressure off mum and dad at a difficult time, and an amazing job of honouring Grandma's very long life with respect, warmth and even dignified humour. It was exactly what we all needed - and what she would have wanted. Many of our friends and relatives told us it was the best funeral they'd ever been to. And the one they had laughed most at - albeit through a haze of tears! Dad was very sure of what he didn't want from a funeral but didn't know what he did want. Being able to tell you all about his mum and what he knew he didn't want, and then give you the responsibility of creating something 'right' from that was a real relief for him. Thank you for helping us feel like we did Grandma proud." |
| "We wanted to say thank you so much for the very warm and sensitive way you took my mother's funeral. We were very impressed with your professionalism and the time you took to make it go smoothly. I really appreciate you helping us out with the music too, that could have been a problem given the short time we had. All the family expressed their appreciation and said it couldn't have gone better. We would definitely recommend you." |
| August 2012 |
"Firstly, on behalf of Dad, M and myself, thank you so very much for conducting a beautiful service for Mum yesterday, we feel Mum would have greatly approved of its content and in the way in which it was conducted. We had many of the congregation post service commenting on what a lovely service it was and what a lovely lady you are, so thank you. It was lovely meeting with you Sue, thank you for making yesterday a day we shall all forever remember." |
| "I just wanted to send you a message to say thank you so much for the lovely
service you conducted for my Mum on Friday. It was an incredibly painful
day, but the fact that you went to so much effort to put together a service
that really reflected Mum meant we were able to give her the send off she
deserved. Everyone commented on what a lovely service it was and we are
truly grateful to you for both the time spent really getting to know the
kind of person she was, but also delivering it in such a compassionate way
with the appropriate level of humour! Everyone was really able to remember
Mum as we all knew and loved her. Thank you again, we really are so grateful" |
| "Your presentation was so polished with the right deference and humour and carried the right amount of ethos. The tone was just right. We just loved it." |
| July 2012 |
"We just wished to say a very warm thank you for the lovely tribute you put together for J.
It touched us all very much and in talking to people after the service. there were several comments about how personal a portrait you managed to convey of J and her life, with particular reference to J prior to her devastating illness.
All the best for the future.....your special way with words is truly a gift." |
| "I am writing to thank you for the beautiful service you provided for R. It was above and beyond all my expectations. My heartfelt gratitude to you. " |
| "Just a short note to say a really big thank you for the service today. All though it was a small gathering you made the occasion feel very grand and you did my Dad proud. I will certainly recommend you in the future." |
| "I would just like to say a big thank you to you for conducting the
service yesterday. I have had some lovely comments on how lovely it
was.!! I have such lovely memories of our life together and it was brilliant to see
so many people turn out to pay their respects. Thank you." |
| "I would like to express my appreciation of your work regarding Pop's
funeral yesterday. Almost all our family and friends have remarked on the
way in which a balance was achieved between the occasion's obvious sadness
and a celebration of his life which struck a chord with everyone.
Thank you for your help and guidance over recent days." |
| May 2012 |
"You have no idea how grateful I am to you, without you we would not have been able to say goodbye to our son in such a personal way. I have had so many people say what a beautiful ceremony, and they didn’t realise that this was possible....
Credit where credit is due, it can only do you good, this message is sent with love,
Thank you so very very much Sue!!" |
| "First chance I had to thank you for all your help with N’s funeral . I
have had loads of messages saying what a lovely service it was and that I
done him proud but yourself and J should also be included in that so thank
you so much." |
| "Just wanted to thank you again for the lovely service you gave for our mum. It was a perfect tribute and so very nicely delivered by yourself, you captured the mood etc completely. Its terribly hard to get it so right when you have never met the person but you really did get the essence of our mum so perfectly. A huge thank you again.
We are truly and eternally grateful." |
| "Just a short note to say thank you very much for your efforts yesterday.
More than one person was moved to say what a refreshing approach the
service brought to a potentially fraught occasion and how well you
spoke. I was even asked if you had known mum personally, which says
everything. Many thanks!" |
| April 2012 |
"Thank you so much for taking such a beautiful service. I'm so glad that you were there as you did a wonderful job. Thanks again." |
| "Just wanted to thank you so much for conducting Dad’s service at Barham. You put the words together beautifully and I felt so proud of my Dad. A wonderful memory." |
"Thank you very much for this, and for everything else you did to make the burial ceremony go so well. Most people attending had not been part of such an event and didn't know what to expect. Absolutely everyone agreed that it was perfect. They thought you did a terrific job, that the words were spot on, the readings appropriate, ... everything. A couple of people told me it had made them think about their own arrangements.
It is such a comfort to know that we did exactly what he wanted and that it all went off so well.
Thank you again.
PS I think provision of a Bose music player in a paddock was a marvellous service!" |
| March 2012 |
"I'd like to thank you for leading the service for mum yesterday morning at Barham and helping us to put together a service that reflected her. It was a moving and emotional occasion both sad but yet at the same time uplifting. A number of people came up to me afterwards and said how they hoped their own funerals could be similar. Mum would be pleased that we all went away with a smile on our faces." |
| "A heartfelt thank you for today's service.
It was just what we hoped it would be, and that's because of the care you
took over it." |
| "I add my sincere thanks to those of H and C and also those of the entire family. We felt that the essence of E was found in the words, and the right note of traditional and timelessness was also conveyed. Many thanks for your help and skill it was much appreciated." |
| February 2012 |
"I'm writing on behalf of mum and her '4 girls' to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the beautiful service that you gave for her husband and our dad on Friday. So many people have commented on how lovely it was, and many have asked if you were a friend of the family as your tribute and blessing seemed so 'right', for want of a better word, for dad. You kept it simple and succinct and, at the same time, managed to get across what truly made dad the man that we, as a family, all know and love. For this we send you our deepest appreciation and gratitude. Your understanding and thoughtfulness helped all of us get through a very difficult and highly emotional day. When I spoke to mum today she actually made the comment that if dad himself had been there he would have applauded you - perhaps he was, I certainly like to think so.
So thank you once again for making his send off so special, memorable and above all else exactly as he would have wanted." |
| "I would just like to say that I thought you did a lovely speech and service at my mothers’ funeral. You did us all proud and my mother would have been so grateful.
I will have to book you for when I go!" |
| January 2012 |
"Thank you for all your help and your hours of listening. Thank you for the structures you put in place, yet, at the same time encouraging me to 'do my thing.'
I will remember 29th December as a happy day!"
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November 2011
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"I just wanted to email you to say a huge thank you for doing such a fantastic job today. You delivered the service with such warmth and humour – Dad, I am sure, would have been really happy with it.
Lots of people have said to me today that this was the first non-religious service they had attended and said it was really very good.
It could not have been better." |
"I just wanted to thank you for such a good service, everybody I spoke to said it was a true & heart felt account of Dad, I hope it leads to more work for you, It meant a lot to me to have you there with me, as what can only be said has been the worst time of my life."
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| "Thank you Sue on behalf of all the family, thank you very much for a lovely service for my mum. I just wanted to thank-you for all the work you did to make mum's service so special." |
| October 2011 |
" Thank you for being our celebrant at D’s life celebration on Wednesday, we were so lucky to find you through D’s friends at Cruse. I’m sorry there wasn’t more time to chat after the ceremony but there were so many friends and family that wanted to talk to me. Everybody said how moving and perfect the Ceremony was, just how D would have wanted, and how you managed to perfectly encompass her life through the tribute. Thank you so much."
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| "So many people commented favourably on the whole Service and on your part in it. You may have further requests in future!
I think we got the balance right between serious, thoughtful and light hearted. I am sure Mum would have approved." |
| September 2011 |
"I just wanted to thank you so much for reading at L's funeral. I was so pleased for him that it went so well, so many people have said what a lovely service, one of the best they have attended. They said you spoke slowly and clearly and could hear every word. They enjoyed the choice of music but said had they known he was a West Ham supporter they would have given him a bit more stick!" |
| "We would like to say a very big thank you for making our sad day go so well as it did. You helped to ease the pain." |
| "I just wanted to say thank you so much for what
was such a beautiful ceremony. So many people have commented and
said that it was just as S would have wanted it.
….so thank you again for making it a perfect day for my lovely girl." |
| June 2011 |
"The eulogy that you delivered for B was beautiful. Thank you for honouring him in such a sincere and heart-felt manner. We greatly appreciate your loving tribute." |
"My family and I can’t thank you enough for conducting such a wonderful service for C’s funeral. Many people commented on the wonderful way you spoke.
Thanks so much
PS Did some people even take your card? Forward planning?!" |
"Sorry to take so long to contact you. I would like to thank you on behalf of all the family for your beautiful service of our dear mother at Barham. Your prayer and final words of committal eased our pain and reaffirmed our belief that mum is part of the next stage in all our existence. I especially would like to thank you for your support of me that enabled me to give my tribute to mum. It meant a lot to me and to many present.
Thanks again and god bless." |
| April 2011 |
"Just a line to say thanks for yesterday and know hard work you put in....well appreciated....shame not more folk...then thats life....or, rather the opposite..
any time..if you get spare moment...would be pleased to hear from you..." |
