I aim to give a compassionate and caring service to the families that contact me, and to provide a bespoke service which captures the personality of their loved one and allows them to remember and honour their departed in the most appropriate manner.
Below are just a few of the kind comments from families that I have had the privilege of acting as celebrant for.
“Dear Lisa, Thank you seems a very small thing to say after everything you did for Nans funeral. When we first met you, you said you meet the nicest families at the most difficult times. For me I met one of the nicest people at a difficult time. Everyone commented on how lovely the service for nan was and how personal you made it. Obviously we hope that we do not need your services in the near future, however if we did we would not hesitate to reach out to you or recommend you to our friends and family. With many thanks and best wishes.” SD, Staines
“Dear Lisa thank you so much for the amazing job you did with mum’s eulogy. You truly have a talent for pulling together snippets and turning them into a wonderful tribute. You made it easy to remember mum with a smile and a laugh. It made the whole process easier knowing we and mum’s memory where were in safe capable and compassionate hands. Thank you so much for everything.” RK, London
“Dear Lisa words can’t express my thanks to you for your brilliant eulogy. You caught the absolute essence of Reg and retold his antics in a warm and charming way that had everyone captivated. You have been gifted with a rare and unique talent, and I can’t thank you enough for all the hours of work and preparation you did. Well done you’re amazing lady.” SW, Walton
“My brother and I would just like to say thank you for the gentle way you carried out our Dads funeral service. You have captured everything we talked about so clearly.” SC, London
“Just to say you did a fabulous job today I am so grateful you were our celebrant we all really felt that my mum was truly honoured.” KL, Sunbury
“Thank you so much for today, your service was wonderful, it felt as though you had known Brian for years. Everyone remarked on it being a lovely service and thought you were excellent. Once again, thank you so much for making it so special.” BM, Worcester Park
“Hi Lisa, Just want to say thank you so much for the wonderful service that you gave for Mum. It was delivered with such warmth care and compassion. We have received so many compliments about you from others who were present on the day. Personally, it was a pleasure to meet you Lisa, you’re a kind lovely lady.” TP, London
“I just wanted to thank you for the lovely service for my dad yesterday and for all your support in the lead up, it’s very much appreciated.” GC, Staines
“Hello Lisa, Thank you again for a well written and well delivered script. Everyone I spoke with thought the same. And thank you for your calming words as well. Much appreciated.” TJ, Weybridge
“Thankyou so much for yesterday. I think Gary would have loved the whole day and to see how much he was loved. It could not have been more perfect.” AB, Walton
“On behalf of my sister and I, I just wanted to thank you for your assistance yesterday. A number of people commented on how well you spoke and what a beautiful service you delivered.” GA, Wimbledon
“Thank you for all your help, guidance and patience and for delivering such a wonderful service yesterday. It all went beautifully.” NB, Morden
“Thank you so much for today. The service was beautiful.” MM, London
“I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your help and support for Glenys’s funeral – it was a lovely service and very fitting for her. We very much appreciate your support and help, and at such short notice.” LR, Morden
“I couldn’t have asked for a better celebrant for my dear dad than Lisa. From the very first call, she was kind, empathetic and organised, and I was left feeling calm and reassured after our first meeting. She responded quickly to every query and was an invaluable source of advice during a very difficult time. On the day of the funeral, she was the model of efficiency and calm and delivered an excellent opening eulogy. Lisa, you did a wonderful job today and in the build-up too. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I couldn’t have wished for a better send-off for Dad. All the best.” BT, Walton
“Dear Lisa, Thank you so much for everything. Your beautiful words have meant so much to both of us and really captured our lovely mum perfectly. Everyone said what a beautiful service it was and we can’t thank you enough for that. We really appreciate all your help and support this year, thank you again.” WL, Chertsey
“Dear Lisa, Thank you for taking the time to come and say the kind words that you said for my late wife, it was amazing. Thank you once again for all you have done.” BL, Egham
“So hard to find someone with the right tone, approach, sensitivity, voice. I have your example as the template in my head and I don’t want to depart from that. Belated heart-felt thanks for your service for my lovely aunt, Jane Stride-Darnley. It was a wonderful service.” SP, South West London
“I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the eulogy at mums funeral. You pulled together such an amazing story of her life from my jumbled ramblings. We’ve had so many comments about the excellent job you did. Thank you again.” RG, Banstead
“Thank you for all your support and leading the service yesterday. It was a lovely, and many people said that to us.” SS, Mitcham
“Dear Lisa, Just wanted to email you to say thank you for Dad’s service last Thursday. It was a beautiful service, and so wonderful to hear those memories of dad and our life with him. Everyone on the day agreed how lovely it was.Thank you on behalf of all our family and myself. Kind regards.” TW, Wimbledon
“Lisa, that is perfect. You have managed in the words you have created and after such a short time with us to have reflected so well, in between the stories, the character and essence of Andy. Thank you so much.” BG, Cobham
“Thank you very much for this Lisa, you have expressed beautiful sentiments with tenderness and eloquence.” DD, Epsom
“Thank you Lisa. Mum’s funeral went beautifully. I don’t think it could have been more respectful, loving and reflective of her life. Everyone went above and beyond.We want to thank you, for making it truly special for us. We are very grateful.” JA, Morden
“Dear Lisa, a huge thank you from all of us for being the celebrant at my mother’s funeral, it was such a lovely service, and we really appreciate all your help in such a difficult time.” SS, Morden
“I just wanted to say a big Thank you for all your help with mum’s funeral. The lovely words that you wrote for her, especially the pocket rocket bit. That was her to a ‘T’. Sending you all my best wishes and a hug.” BH, Littlehampton
“I would like to sincerely thank you for the service yesterday; it was commented by many how fantastic you were and how you captured Lewi. Again, thank you for being so kind, respectful and amazing.” AC, Molesy
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for your service yesterday it was so lovely and was such a true reflection of Mark.” TP, Mitcham
“I just wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks for the compassion, warmth, and care you brought to mum’s service. Your words were thoughtful and comforting, and you captured her spirit so beautifully. It meant so much to our family and helped us feel truly supported during such a sad and difficult time. We are deeply grateful for the time and effort you put into honouring mum’s life.” LC, Morden
“We just wanted to write and say thank you so much for everything you did to make yesterday go so well and smoothly. Thank you for all your support and guidance leading up to the service and for being a calm, organised and sensitive presence yesterday. It was a comfort to know that you had everything under control!” CVM, South London
“Just a note of appreciation and thanks for all your work for mum’s funeral. The service was exactly what she would have wanted. Thoughtful but low key. Lisa, you spoke eloquently and with sincerity, your attention to detail and thoughtfulness throughout the process made a very difficult situation slightly less painful.” CP, USA
“I just wanted to say thank you so much today, the service was lovely and perhaps it may be the wrong thing to say, but everyone enjoyed it as it captured what made Mum special to all that were there. Also very well done on the paragraph about Mum’s work in the Spiritualist Church, a lovely piece on short notice. Thank you for all you did for us throughout the process, your easy-going manner enabled Liz and I to remember different things for the order of service as well as managing everything before, during and after the service today. On behalf of my family and I, thanks again and your great work was very much appreciated.” IB, Morden
“Wanted to say thank you again for Martins wonderful funeral today.
You made everybody feel so comfortable and they loved hearing your tales of Martin. Brought back a lot of memories to us all. I couldn’t have asked for a better day to say goodbye to my loving brother with your help. You and Dayle are a formidable team.
Gratefully yours.” BV, Walton
“I wanted to extend our thanks for managing the recent service for our mum. We appreciated your gentle approach patience and the pace that you set on the day; it didn’t go unnoticed.” SR, South London
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for the beautiful service for my mum. It was an emotional day but we were all so thankful that the service was so personal & heartfelt.” MH, Staines
“Well done you! Well, I feel totally drained today but so very happy how that all went. I think Mum would have been pleased too. Everybody said it was the best service they had been to with the music, the poem, the visuals. And you were quite right, the sepia photo was the hit!” NH, Morden
“I just wanted to send a brief personal message to you regarding my sister’s funeral held on Monday and which you officiated at. We were all so grateful with the way you managed to capture the essence of her spirit with such empathy and sensitivity which has given the family great comfort. Also, when you came out to meet with us beforehand it was very clear to see how meticulous and thorough you were in wanting to get everything just right for us which was truly appreciated. It can’t always be an easy job to do but you clearly want to do the very best for everyone involved at such a sad time in their lives and that all helps with the coming to terms with the loss of a loved one. Thank you again.” GW, Walton
“Many thanks for your lovely address at the funeral for my mum earlier today. I’m sorry you were unable to join us at the Morden Brook as absolutely everyone said how much they appreciated your address and the time you had taken to find out about mum. I said you had certainly done your research! They would have loved to tell you in person, but please do accept my sincere thanks and gratitude.” AE, Australia
“Hi Lisa, on behalf of us all I’d like to say a massive thank you again for all you did for us, you made it all nice for us. And your service yesterday was wonderful.” SW, Sunbury
“Dear Lisa, thank you sooo much for a great service for my mum and thank you for helping me navigate it. You took so much pressure off of me. You’re a lovely soul and I could tell that when you spoke to me, thank for being so kind, caring and compassionate, I was honestly really panicking about trying to get my mums funeral sorted and you helped me to chill and made me feel like I was not on my own. You’re brilliant at your job and go forth and help other people like me! You may or may not realise how comforting you are to people at this most distressing time in their lives, but you made my experience a good one so thank you once again Lisa, and I hope you win the lottery!” NB, South London (update – I haven’t yet won the lottery)
“Just wanted to thank you again for all of your input over the last few weeks. I very much appreciate the role you’ve played. Yesterday went as well as it could possibly have done. The service was pitched at exactly the right level and Kirsty would have greatly approved. There was a lot of love about and the coming together of all of Kirsty’s friends and family bought some wonderful conversations and rediscoveries. It was a day that will stay with me and the effects of the rediscoveries will carry on. I am so very pleased that we chose you to be our celebrant, with the links that there are between yourself and Kirsty’s life and group of friends. I will travel home with my partner today and let all this settle a while. The very best of wishes.” WO, Chertsey
“My family and I will be forever grateful for the wonderful service that you did for my mum and your kind words. It was beautiful and perfect.” LT, Staines
“Dear Lisa, What can I say ….. You have captured his wonderful personality and everything you have written is just perfect. It’s as though you knew him and we are so grateful.
Thankyou from the bottom of my heart for making this whole process so much easier and less painful. Well done again your words are fantastic.” SW, Shepperton
“I wanted to write and say thank you for your wonderful and professional and compassionate work as the Celebrant for my mum.” BSD, Canada
“Thank you, thank you, for being just amazing, warm and sensitive, and utterly reliable, it made such a difference knowing you were there holding my hand. I can’t thank you enough.” SW, Walton
“It’s been a pleasure to work with you organising my mother’s Celebration of Life. I am really proud of the booklet that we put together, the eulogy and the service – as it reflected mum and avoided clichés, which was important for me. You gave my brother and I emotional support as well as practical support. I felt you were there for us every step of the way. You lead the service beautifully; the tone was just right… it was magical for me … especially with the golden sunlight before we went in and the snow when we came out. Many of the funeral attendees thought that we were friends …. which I guess shows what a good rapport you were able to build with me in such a sort space of time.” JH, Staines
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your support and for delivering such a beautiful send-off for my aunt. We had so many comments afterwards, people saying how lovely it was and that my aunt would have been very proud. You made a very difficult time bearable and it really meant a lot to me and our family. I only wish we had found you when we were looking for somebody to take my husband’s service.” SS, Walton on Thames
“Thank you so so much again for all your hard work that you put in and it bloody showed ! If ever anyone else needs a celebrant your name will be top of the list ! Thank you so much again for everything including your support, it was amazing” SW, Woking
“We really appreciate everything you have put into the eulogy and service and in all honesty we couldn’t have dealt with losing mum without your help.” LM, Surrey
“Thank you so much for such a wonderful service. We will always remember your kindness, and the way you made it easier for us to say our farewells to our colourful dad.” GS, Morden
“A belated “thank you” so much for conducting dads service so gracefully and for all of your understanding and patience. It was very much appreciated, and we couldn’t have anticipated saying our goodbyes to dad in such a beautiful way without you. Thank you again.” ES, London
“Thank you for sending through the script, It had me in tears. It’s absolutely perfect and almost feels like you knew him. Thank you so much for all your efforts and support during this difficult time.” LU, South London
“I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for yesterday and for conducting dad’s service so beautifully. I think Everyone was happy in the end and Dad had a Beautiful Personal and above all ‘Peaceful’ send off! Thank you so much.” DS Morden
“Thank you so much for today, it was lovely and you were amazing. So many people asked after you and said what a lovely service, and that’s the best service we have ever heard, they asked if you were at the reception as they wanted to thank you. So you did us all proud, thank you xxx” NR, Staines
“Thank you for everything you did to help us give Dad the send-off he deserved. Your guidance and advice turned what could have been a traumatic event into merely a stressful one 🙂” GC, Mitchum
“You did a wonderful job today Lisa, I would recommend you in a heart beat! Thank you so much for guiding us through the ceremony, it felt very special and personal! Just as dad deserved” ES, Woking
“I just wanted to thank you for your amazing work at mum’s service. Everyone said how fantastic you were and mum had a great send off. I really appreciate everything you did to make it so special. Hopefully I don’t have to arrange another funeral ever, but if I do I’ve got your number.” LS, South London
“I have just seen a draft of the eulogy. I just wanted to let you know I think it’s beautiful and thank you for the time it took to put that all together.” SB, Canada,
“We think your speech and handling of the whole occasion was perfect, we seemed to get through the service effortlessly. We are all very grateful to you for your time and effort, which showed itself on the day.” PW, Esher
“Lisa, you were a great support, and kind and considerate for our situation, you knew when to laugh with us and when to give us space. Excellent job.” DW, Walton
“I would have no hesitation recommending Lisa as a funeral celebrant. Her professionalism, empathy and delivery of the service is first class. She spends a great deal of time getting to know who the service is for and writes a uniquely personalised eulogy.” SB, Funeral Director, Surrey.
“Thank you for helping us get through one of the hardest times of our lives. Your guidance, patience and kindness made our mum’s service exactly how she would have wanted it.” AS, Egham.
“Just a quick note to say thank you for making a tough job a lot easier, and for your comfort, help, support and wisdom. May god bless you with love.” DA, Kingston
“Thank you for your caring help and assistance with organising mum’s funeral, you made the process and day run smoothly” MS, Walton
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