What They Say

If you’re thinking of asking me to help you celebrate the life that your loved one has lived, then here’s some feedback through the words of families I’ve supported.

“Wanted to thank you properly for such a lovely service. You looked after us all so beautifully. Dad definitely gave mum the send-off she deserved with your help and guidance.”

“Thank you so much Jane. And thank you for all of your kindness and support which was so much appreciated by us both.”

“A big thank you for today and for your help in mum’s send off. It was a wonderful celebration of her life.”

“Just want to thank you for yesterday. We are very proud of Mum’s send off, one she deserved. It was very personal and special. Another lovely memory for us all to remember.”

“Thanks for conducting the ceremony. Several people commented that Mum would have loved it – that was the aim. Thanks once again.”

“Very many thanks from us for making Mum’s farewell such a special occasion. Everyone thought it was a really lovely service and appreciated the personal tributes. It was a real pleasure working with you.”

“Thank you very much for your guidance and kindness in the lead up to mum’s service and for the wonderful service itself. You really helped a difficult time, and day, feel brighter.”

“We all really appreciate the lovely service you conducted for dad. Everyone said what a lovely service it was. You were absolutely brilliant, and we all appreciate everything you did to allow us to give dad the send-off he deserved.”

“We both want to thank you so very much for your support and kind words over the past few weeks and helping us organise Mum’s celebration of life.”

“Thank you so much for the keepsake and for your help on our painful journey following our loss. So many people told me after the service how we really had captured the man that he was. I believe we did too.”

“Just to thank you so much for the kind and efficient way you conducted today’s service. It was a lovely tribute and send off. It all went so well.”

“Thank you, we were all very pleased to have you as part of the day and thank you again for your help before and during.”

“I just wanted to send a quick e-mail on behalf of the family to thank you for yesterday. It couldn’t have gone any better, so thank you for all your help in making sure the service went as smoothly as possible and for preparing us beforehand.”

“Thank you for your guidance, kindness, and empathy, it was invaluable and so reassuring.”

“Thank you for everything you did. You were great.”

“The family would like to extend their thanks to you for yesterday’s service for Mum. We all very much appreciated your delivery of all the tributes, and we felt the service was just perfect.”

“Thank you so much, Jane, for everything you’ve done for us. You made it such a beautiful and special day.”

“Thank you so much for conducting Mum’s funeral service. You did a wonderful job for us, and we were very happy it went so well. The keepsake is a lovely idea. I will treasure it.”

“Thank you Jane for conducting the service for Mum last Thursday – we have received numerous compliments about it, and we couldn’t be more grateful to you.”

“Thank you with all our hearts for the compassion and professionalism you showed guiding us through the funeral helping to make it the especially memorable occasion it was.”

“Thank you so much for overseeing our dad’s funeral, really appreciated how you handled it all. I felt some comfort in you being there on the day, and your words were well chosen. My dad would have liked you too.”

“Thank you once again for co-ordinating everything so perfectly and helping us to successfully navigate through such an important moment in our lives.”

“I just wanted to say a very big thank you for making yesterday such a triumph. Everything went off smoothly and the atmosphere in the room was calm, relaxed, full of warmth and love. We were all very moved by the whole occasion, obviously, but feel we managed to have a ceremony that truly reflected the person we all knew and loved.”

“I want to reiterate my words to you yesterday and say a heartfelt thank you, not only for a beautiful service yesterday but also your advice and support over the last three weeks which have been enormously helpful and deeply appreciated. It was a very emotional day for both family and friends but a memorable one too with many joyous recollections – a wonderfully fitting send off for a very special lady. Thank you for the part you played in that.”

“We just wanted to send you a huge heartfelt thank you. Your kindness and support meant so much to us. You really did do us all very proud.”

“We were very pleased with the whole service, and we are very thankful to you for your wonderful contribution.”

“Thank you Jane, for everything, you certainly helped to make Mum’s Celebration of Life as lovely as it was, you are so kind. “

“I can’t thank you enough for being part of our day, you did my dad very proud he would have loved you. Thank you very much once again you are a very special lady.”

“I feel I must just send you a line to thank you for guiding us through our funeral. You helped us greatly during your visit to us prior to the funeral. You helped us to remember him and brought light into our dark days. Thank you again for your kindness.”

“Many thanks for the keepsake. It will be a special reminder of a wonderful Dad. Thank you again for performing the service on our behalf. You spoke with empathy and compassion. It was also nice to have the music introduced during the service and for everything to run so smoothly.”

“Thank you so much for delivering such a beautiful service, we are so glad that you were chosen to be our celebrant, you were perfect. Thanks again from all of us.”

“Thank you for the script and thank you for all your help. We are very grateful to you for the beautiful service. Your kind and beautiful words really made it special. Our families all remarked how lovely the service was.”

“Thank you Jane. Everyone said what a terrific job you did on the day.”

“Thank you Jane, this really is a special keepsake after what was a very special day, full of every kind of emotion. Thank you again for all you did for our family.”

“I can’t thank you enough for helping me personally to sort out all the arrangements, but also for helping you guide my niece with my brother’s tribute.”

“Everyone commented on what a beautiful Service it was for our beloved Mum.”

“We would all like to thank you so very much for your professionalism and most kind support during what is without doubt the saddest of times for us all.”

“Thank you for this Jane, and for all your help for Friday, it was such a lovely service. We were so pleased that we were able to personalise it so much.”

“Thank you for helping in giving Dad a great send off, and for all your care and attention on the day.”

“Really appreciate everything you did, and I have received so many messages from friends saying it was the most beautiful funeral they have ever been to.”

“So many people commented on what a wonderful tribute it was, and this was heartwarming to hear. Thank you once again for making a difficult day a special day.”

“I just wanted to thank you from the whole family for the lovely service you created for us. The whole day completely surpassed my expectations and was just the celebration we wanted.”

“Once again, thank you so much for being sincere, passionate, and caring from the start to the end.”

“There is nothing about yesterday that wasn’t peaceful – magical – respectful and beautiful – if we all had to have a ‘yesterday’ we could not have scripted anything better. Thank you so much.”

“I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making mum’s send off such a beautiful affair. The service was exactly what we all wanted, and a huge part of that is thanks to you Jane, many thanks.”

“We are really grateful for all the time and effort that you put into compiling and delivering such a beautiful service. Everything was perfect and I have written to the Funeral Directors thanking them for their introduction to you and saying how pleased we were with your services. Thank you for all your help and support.”

“We can’t thank you enough for being the celebrant for dad’s funeral. You took so much time and care in putting together his story that we felt you knew him as well as we did. After the service everyone, and we meant everyone, said what a beautiful service and how it was the nicest they had ever attended. You were just so calm and had such a reassuring nature on the day we knew that everything was going to be fine. A huge thank you for all of us.”

“I cannot thank you enough. Your words and mine together made exactly the farewell that I wanted. Lots of my friends commented on how moving it all was and some of them asked as to where I managed to find you! I have your details if they need you. Thank you for your caring in the short time we knew each other.”

“‘I wanted to say a huge thank you to you. Everyone agreed it was a beautiful service and a lot of that is down to you I personally felt the service was full of warmth and although it was always going to be somewhat sad it was a wonderful tribute to mum. I know you were only doing your job, but you did it superbly throughout.”

“Thank you for being with us last week, we were all so happy with the way the service went and feedback from everyone was so positive. Even had a couple write to us and say, ‘it was the best funeral we’ve been too, it was all about your mum, so delightful to be part of.”

“I want to thank you for a lovely send off for John, I have had numerous comments from people who were at the funeral to say how lovely you addressed this sad time with feeling, as someone said, not too much, nor too little, but just right delivery”

“A massive thank you for looking after our families during a very difficult time over the past couple of months. Both services you took sounded as if you knew them personally. You were just amazing.”

“A massive thank you for looking after our families during a very difficult time over the past couple of months. Both services you took sounded as if you knew them personally. You were just amazing.”

“Thank you again for all your hard work and patience and for being so kind and helpful during a very tough, sad time.”

“The service was exactly as we had hoped – a celebration of life. I know you worked hard to ensure that everything ran smoothly, your sensitivity and empathy were truly appreciated.”

“Thank you, Jane, you did a wonderful job for us all.”

“Just a note to thank you for excellent job you did in conducting my mother’s funeral today. You worked so hard to ensure that it went as we had wanted it to, and you were a great support to my daughter on the day, for which I am extremely grateful.”

“Thank you for giving mum a lovely service, I was so happy with how things went, and I know mum would have been too. We are all so very grateful for your guidance and steadying presence on the day.”

Your service was so touching, and mum was very pleased with everything. I think dad would have loved the personal touches and it was just how we wanted it. Thank you so much.”

“Thank you Jane. It was a beautiful service and I’m sure just how my dad would have wanted it. Thank you so much for being so kind and sensitive throughout the whole process. It definitely made a tough day a lot easier. We really appreciate it.”

“You conducted the service very professionally and became an integral part of the remembrance and celebration of my mother’s life. Thank you for all your work, understanding and assistance”

“Thank you for taking care to give nan the best possible farewell. Everyone said how lovely the service was. We appreciate you spending the time to get to know us and nan and for conveying her spirit and our feelings to everyone so well on the day.”

“I would just like to say on behalf of myself and my family a massive thank you for your faultless service yesterday. You made a very tough day a lot easier for us all with your kind words and great reading of the memories.”

“Thank you, Jane, for the lovely service, you spoke so fondly of dad that my friends thought you knew him.”

“Thank you for the help you gave up in arranging the service. The day went very well and there were some lovely comments afterwards. Thank you for your help and care on the day it was much appreciated.”

“Just wanted to say thank you so much for yesterday. Very difficult day all round but it really was a wonderful ceremony, and we were all so happy with how it went.”

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