Funeral & Memorials
Overview
Funeral Service
As a Civil Funeral Celebrant, my core values are compassion, caring, listening and kindness. The key for me is to deliver a respectful, professional and caring service to the family and ensure that their wishes and those of the deceased are held in the highest regard.
What is my ceremony style? I offer a 100% personalised service, and will facilitate a spiritual, religious, semi-religious or no beliefs ceremony. For me the purpose of a funeral service / ceremony is to “Celebrate the person’s life” with special attention as to their beliefs and the wishes of the family. Prayers can be included and delivered if desired.
I help to tell the stories that best represents and honours the essence of the person that has passed-on. I will assist the family to craft the ceremony, help with writing the eulogy if required, picking music, prose, poetry or readings that have special meaning or significance.
I will work closely with the Funeral Director / Crematorium to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and all the bereaved family and friends are dealt with in a caring and compassionate way.
Scattering of Ashes / Graveside Ceremony
Similar in its nature to a funeral I can provide a full ceremony or a shortened ceremony with a reflection/poetry, life tribute or both. The length of the ceremony is often based on any previous ceremonies that may have been conducted. Where no previous ceremony has been held a longer ceremony is often preferred.
Memorial
When a loved one dies abroad or is being repatriated to their homeland, often family and friends cannot travel to the funeral. It is now a frequent occurrence for a memorial ceremony to be held. The memorial can held at any time, and is often done to mark an anniversary or birthday. The memorial can be conducted in a similar way to the civil funeral serivce however they are often more relaxed ceremonies. Durning the Covid 19 crisis, we were unable to celebrate the life of someone we love in the usual way, memorials are more important than ever as a way to remember their passing.
