Funeral celebrant in Coventry

Your funeral director will usually make the first introduction, though you're very welcome to contact me directly. I'll come to you, normally within a day or two, and we'll sit down together while you tell me about your person.

I write a draft of the full service and send it to you to read in your own time. You change anything you want changed. On the day I arrive early, hold the room, and carry the timings so your family doesn't have to think about any of it.

Plenty of families want no religion at all. Others want one hymn because their mum would have wanted it, or a quiet moment for those who wish to pray. Both are fine. Nothing gets included that wasn't theirs, and nothing gets left out because it doesn't fit a format.

Music can be anything. I've had brass bands, AC/DC, sea shanties and a recording of someone's own voice.

Funerals can hold both things. A room howling at a story about a reversed caravan and a duck pond, then silent two minutes later for a grandchild's reading. That isn't disrespectful. That's grief done honestly, and it's usually what the person would have wanted.