What happens next?
A tribute for your loved one...
When your loved one passes then you will turn to a celebrant to help you plan and deliver the funeral service. If you choose me as your celebrant, then you will be assured of getting a professionally written service that reflects the life and interests of the person you are remembering.
Each funeral service is bespoke. I will help you to settle on songs, poetry, prose or prayers that might form part of the service. The service might reflect the religious faith of your loved one, or it might contain no reference to religion whatsoever. I can deliver the whole service for you or facilitate the involvement of family or friends in delivering key aspects of the service.
If you do not contact me directly then it is likely that your funeral director will have initiated contact. I will confirm some basic details about your loved one with the funeral director. Once this is done, I will be in touch to arrange a meeting with you. This meeting would normally take place at your home, but you may choose to meet me at a coffee shop, a community hall or some other place that might be handy for you.
Each funeral service is bespoke. I will help you to settle on songs, poetry, prose or prayers that might form part of the service. The service might reflect the religious faith of your loved one, or it might contain no reference to religion whatsoever. I can deliver the whole service for you or facilitate the involvement of family or friends in delivering key aspects of the service.
If you do not contact me directly then it is likely that your funeral director will have initiated contact. I will confirm some basic details about your loved one with the funeral director. Once this is done, I will be in touch to arrange a meeting with you. This meeting would normally take place at your home, but you may choose to meet me at a coffee shop, a community hall or some other place that might be handy for you.
Our meeting
At the meeting I aim to get a clear idea about who your loved one was – their passions and interests. The key points of their life. The jobs they held and their favourite holiday destinations. The football team they supported or the music they loved. I will weave all of the information together to tell the tale of your loved one. Within a couple of days I will send you a draft of the eulogy by email and invite you to make comment on it. It is important to check your junk mail folder just in case the message ends up there. After any changes have been made a final draft will be sent for approval and the service will then be confirmed.
If you have chosen a cremation service, then it might be that at some point in the future you wish to scatter your loved ones ashes at a special place or inter them in a family plot.
Should you wish a short ceremony for this, then please get in touch with me directly and we can arrange to do this. This is in addition to any previous service I have offered and is at a price of £80. My fees are inclusive of all travel (within 20 miles of Whitham) preparation time and the actual service itself.