Funeral Services
Ashes Services
Private Functions
A Funeral Celebrant
Is a person who can help plan, write and lead a Funeral service. Kevin was drawn to this vocation by a strong desire to assist bereaved families and produce the best funeral service possible.
I am a kind and empathetic person with over 30 years’ experience in public speaking, and many years working daily as a Celebrant. I specialise in humour for families who wish this to be included.
Some Celebrants are introduced to families by a Funeral Director, others are approached directly. Either way, all will work closely with the family and the funeral director to ensure everything goes to plan.
Why choose a Celebrant
Funerals can be a valuable source of healing. Nothing can take away the grief, but a genuine, well prepared tribute may ease the pain. In this day and age so many of us believe in the Almighty but choose not to go to church on Sunday. We feel that when we die we still want to have a service with some prayers or not but would also feel hypocritical to have our service held by a Priest or Vicar. These people chose a Celebrant. A Celebrant can conduct their service in the way they wish it to be conducted. If they would wish for a few prayers, it would happen. It they don’t want any prayers, then that’s fine also. A service conducted in the way the deceased would what it to be conducted.
Where do we start?
We’ll probably have a short telephone chat to arrange for me to come and visit you at home. I’ll listen to you tell me about your loved one, and we’ll chat about what you would like for the ceremony.
What are the options?
There are no fixed rules about what a funeral ceremony should be. You can honour, celebrate and say ‘goodbye’ to your loved one in whatever way suits you and your family and friends. Some even hold a private function where the family listen to a celebration of their loved one’s life and then have a meal and drink. Or a person may have passed away abroad and they have an ashes service.
I’ll support you all the way
You can be as involved as you wish in creating the ceremony or on the day. Taking an active part in your loved one’s service may be important for you and your family. I can officiate, facilitate or just be there for support.
Testimonials
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Dear Kevin,
Aileen and I would like to thank you, for how you delivered the funeral for her late father Albert Manley, we thought your presence, style and courteous manners were very appropriate on this sad occasion.
We would certainly have no hesitation in recommending you to officiate at such sad and often difficult occasions.
Thank you from us both.
Yours Sincerely.
Aileen and Martyn Tinker
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Hello Kevin,
Just wanted to say thank you so very much for your delivery of the service for Adrian today. You had only the briefest of outlines to work with, yet you put it all together so well.
Your readings were perfectly executed, not rushed, and spoken with the correct emphasis on each word to make the sentences as meaningful as the authors intended them to be.
The music was perfectly chosen, seeing as I hadn’t a clue about that.
The timings for each reading and piece of music seemed right too. Nothing too long or too short.
You are certainly the right man for the job.
All the best
Heather Thornton