Messages from Families

Hi Mary, You were just the right amount of perfect. We have had so many people compliment us on the service and your kind words. Mum was very pleased with you and your whole approach. Very professional and compassionate. Thank you for making a difficult and emotional day go so well. Best CE

Thank you Mary, I will keep this and re-read it at intervals. I think we gave him a very special send off, many people have said that to me. Thank you for your beautiful words and your support on the day. You were right, I’m glad I gave the tribute. It has been a traumatic time but the kindness and support you have shown us all has helped us come through and strengthened us all as we move forward. Many thanks again & best wishes, J.

Hello Mary, I couldn’t have asked more for mum’s service. You  were amazing . Such a help to me to glance in your direction. Thank you for those words of wisdom. Again thank you very much for being professional, friendly and caring. You gave me everything and more than I could have asked for mum’s funeral service. I took strength from you in a time of great sadness for me. D and Paul

Dear Mary, I wanted to email & say we cannot thank you enough for yesterday. You helped us create a service that was so personal to Dad & he would have been very proud of how it all went. Thank you also for the time you gave us when you visited my home. You guided us through the tricky process with kindness & humour.  You are incredible at your job & we were very lucky you were part of our day yesterday. Take care S

Your guidance before the service made what was not an easy day for me, a lot easier than I envisaged it would be – I had had many sleepless nights in the run up to the day. Our view and the feedback and comments that we received from those who attended, was that the service went very well and was a fitting celebration of the life of my Dad. This was mainly due to your input and guidance – it really was appreciated. Please do not underestimate the value and support that you provide to families like ours when we really need it – thank you. I

Morning Mary, Just wanted to say thank you so much for yesterday. Everyone commented on how lovely the service was, in particularly how good you were in delivering it, and they asked how to get you to do theirs!!! Once again thank you, R had a wonderful send off, we did him proud. KH

Dear Mary, You did us proud. Honestly, I had been dreading the day, feeling totally ill equipped to make it work, and in the end, it felt actually quite good – full of affection and kindness. Thank you A

Hi Mary, I just want to thank you on behalf of all of us, for everything you did to make D’s service so special. You made a hugely emotional day so much easier for us. Everyone has said how amazing you were, and how personal it all was, with tears one minute and laughter the next, everything was just perfect. It was everything D wanted it to be, we all knew you were the only person he would have wanted and trusted to take his service. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. J, T, E, A & N

On behalf of the H family, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the way you orchestrated the service yesterday. We had so many comments from family, friends and colleagues about the way you spoke about L, with such sincerity and warmth, many people believed you must have known her. You’re a true professional and I thank you for making it such a memorable day. Wishing you well for the future, take care. T

Hi Mary, I just wanted to say thank you gain for sending mum off so beautifully today. Several people said to me after that it was the best service hey had been to. You captured the fun and the poignancy of her life perfectly and someone said it was like you had known her all your life. You are great at what you do, and I could not have done it without you. Thank you, S.

Mary, what can I say? You gave our Mum a truly wonderful send off yesterday. Thank you for making what was going to be a difficult and emotional day a lot easier. You put so much feeling into her tribute it just couldn’t have been better. There were so many complimentary messages made about your very professional presentation. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. One person said, “It was the best funeral they had ever been to!” Thank you again from all the family. Once again, thank you very much indeed for everything. Thank you just doesn’t seem enough, C

Hi Mary, Thank you so much for the script – it is lovely to have a complete record of the entire service.  I am so pleased with the way it all went – it really was a wonderful celebration of his life. I’ve had so much fantastic feedback including from one friend who said she wants a service just like that for herself. It was an absolute privilege to meet you, and your contribution, both your words, presentation and suggestions (especially the bottle of wine!) were absolutely integral to the feel and success of the service. Thank you again for everything. With very best wishes V

Thank you for delivering the lovely service. Everyone commented on how nice and uplifting it was. You captured V’s life just right. It was a pleasure meeting you too. Your professionalism is second to none. Many thanks again J&D

 I would like to thank you again for taking lead in S’s service. Everyone who attended commented on how beautiful the service was and how nice you were. The service couldn’t have gone any better, S would have been very proud.  Kind regards M

Thank you for guiding us through the proceedings at M’s funeral. All who attended commented that the send-off was a fitting tribute to M and your guidance added greatly to the solemnity and dignity of the occasion. Kindest regards and best wishes D

We cannot thank you enough for all your help and the excellent job you did leading G’s service. You perfectly captured the essence of him, and we could not have asked for more. We were delighted with it. With kindest regards D, S, K and S

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for yesterday, you made N’s service so beautiful, you really took so much care to look after us and showed so much compassion. You are a very special person, thank you so much. K

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the beautiful service for my darling N. I have received so many messages from N’s family and friends around the world, who if restrictions were not in place would have been there yesterday. They have all said it was a beautiful service, and that even though they were not able to be there in person, they could feel the love in the room. Thank you so much for all the guidance and support you offered to help me achieve the wonderful tribute to T. You are truly a wonderful, caring, and empathetic lady. Thank you. K 

Where do I start? The biggest THANK YOU really isn’t enough to express my gratitude for delivering such a lovely service for Mum. So many people said it was one of the best funerals they’d been to. I also wanted to tell you that so many of my friends & especially my cousins watching on the webcast said how lovely it was that you made a point of speaking to them as well & they all felt very much involved & part of the proceedings. Thank you Mary. Thank you so much. Love L

Just wanted to say a BIG thank you for all your help. You have guided, nurtured and supported me through this process with such love and care…and a little bit of fun! You are a special person and I am blessed to have found you in my hour of need. With love and gratitude J 

Thank you so much for hosting the funeral of our dad and husband, P. You truly captured him and it was though he was speaking through you. Your delivery brought on both tears and laughter, something that was so important to dad. So thank you for helping bring his final wishes to fruition and thank you for making the day run smoothly. You bring solace to a lot of people and that is a wonderful thing. Thank you for being you. Warm wishes P’s family. 

You were of huge emotional and physical support to us last week and I can’t thankyou enough.  It was good that the sun shone as we laid R to rest, a very fitting tribute to a man who liked being surrounded by green fields and having a warm sun beaming down. Your presence kept us together at such a vulnerable time and despite the many tears I felt comforted by your brilliant eulogy of R. Thank you, you are certainly a blessing to have around when a family has to endure such an extremely distressing event. Namaste, M

Everything you said and read was heartfelt and full of compassion, most especially my message to my Mum. I thank you for that. I enjoyed the sincerity of the Service.  Thank you so much for making April 16th so special. Sincerely, P

On behalf of our Dad, D and myself, we just wanted to say a heartfelt ‘Thank you so much’ for the most amazing service and farewell that you so lovingly arranged for our Mum and Wife. If there is any chance that she was looking down on us all, I personally know that she would want to thank you too. The actual service went by in a bit of an emotional blur for not only us, but others too – and now having had the chance to relive it on the webcast, we can really appreciate how special and personal you made it for us. My lovely auntie B (Mums sister) has actually said that it was the best service she has ever been to – being in her 80’s, she’s been to a few! Mary – you are amazing. Kind regards B, D & J

Words cannot express how grateful I am to have had you by my side through all of this. Just knowing you are there made a big difference than I can ever explain. Thank you, S 

To say thank you so much for helping the funeral go so smoothly I have had nothing but praise about how you handled everything – thank you. J,S,L & S

Thankyou so much for such beautifully written script. T and I feel so blessed to have met you; nothing was ever too much trouble. You really are an angel in disguise Mary and we cannot thankyou enough. Take care – T & L

On behalf of our family Mum and I would like to thank you for yesterday’s service.  We felt that you struck just the right balance and each one of us found something personal and touching. We appreciate your care and attention to detail.  Also your efficiency and good-humoured patience with us. Kind regards J

The service was wonderful, I really appreciated you leading the service, especially after meeting Dad. He was a good man and didn’t deserve such bad luck. Your words were delivered with the perfect tone, a little humour just as he liked nothing too serious. All the best S

You were absolutely amazing in what you said and did for my mum. We are so pleased that it was you Mary who had the responsibility of delivering such a beautiful service that felt so personal to us. Everyone we have spoken to who was there have all said it was so lovely and that it was a fabulous send off. Kind Regards D&G

Thank-you for organising and delivering such a lovely service for D. Everyone commented on how well you managed the funeral service and loved the tribute which you delivered so poignantly. Once again, many thanks for a lovely service. Kind Regards TH

Dear Mary, We would like to thank you for the beautiful service you gave for J yesterday. We could not have wished for a better way to say goodbye and you have given us a lovely memory of what would have been a very sad occasion with your words and thoughts to express how we felt. Thank you once again, D&S