Thank you on behalf of the family for all your work in making the service for William so lovely.  We really appreciate all your patience, time, effort and attention to detail you put into the service and memory to William and at very difficult times.  Very kind regards.  Cousin

 

Our Son passed away suddenly in tragic circumstances and we had never discussed funeral preferences with him. However he was not religious and having known Moyra from a previous family service we had no hesitation in approaching her to conduct Sam’s service. Moyra puts a tremendous amount of preparation into her services and the result was a perfect, personal, touching and at the right times humorous tribute to Sam and the life he lived.    Parent

 

Moyra was very personal, very easy to speak to and did a fantastic job at my fathers funeral.

 

Very personalised ceremony, Moyra spent lots of time with us talking about Mum, she delivered the service better than we could have expected and kept in contact throughout the run up to the service, ensuring we were satisfied. Nothing was too much trouble, Moyra was very understanding and sympathetic. We would highly recommend her.

 

I just wanted to thank you so much for a beautiful tribute yesterday. The way you captured [R] from all our ramblings and weaved your words around [D] was just perfect. You did [R and D] more than justice. It was a real pleasure to meet you. You really have a talent for your important work. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Friend

 

The care we received from Moyra was absolutely brilliant. From the first meeting at the house just after Mum died, and right through to the funeral service, we were extremely well looked after. Moyra was able to put together a beautiful tribute about Mum, and then deliver this tribute in such a fitting manner that was appreciated by all who attended the funeral. We are so thankful for this and cannot emphasise enough how supportive this was when we needed it most. Daughter

 

Thank you so much for the work you have done preparing the tribute and delivering it so appropriately at mum’s funeral. We had many wonderful comments afterwards, and in particular my cousin [E] who was so thankful of your words.    Daughter

 

Absolutely brilliant – all who came to my Mums service thought Moyra did a lovely job – so much more they thought she knew Mum.  Son

 

Moyra was extremely accommodating when we requested to make additions to the script for the service. She delivered a perfect and personalised service in which family members made comment that it was ‘one of the nicest funerals they had been to’. I would highly recommend Moyra for her professionalism, personalised approach and her lovely manner in which the service was delivered. On behalf of my family we would like to thank Moyra for supporting us in developing a fitting script for the occasion.  S

 

This is the second time I have used Moyra and cannot fault her. She made the process easy and personal and the service was perfect.  L

 

Throughout the planning and the funeral itself we found Moyra to be very sensitive and considerate. She has a lovely manner and she worked with us and went to great lengths to ensure the tribute she delivered accurately reflected our comments and memories. As it turned out, the service was lovely – a great tribute, and many who attended commented to this effect. Moyra was also very helpful in giving us practical information and suggestions which helped the cohesion and flow of this event, especially as we, the family, were acting as the funeral directors.  C

 

Everyone who attended ‘enjoyed’ dad’s funeral and they were impressed by all that Moyra did. She was so professional and her caring nature shone through. For us, having Moyra meant most aspects of Dad’s life were covered, so attendees got to know something about Dad they did not know before. If I meet someone who mentions they have a funeral to organise, I will not hesitate to give them Moyra’s contact. Daughter

 

Having never been to a Humanist ceremony before, I did not really have any expectations. Amazing service and the celebrant was fantastic. Definitely recommend.  M and D

 

just want to express my sincere thanks to you once again for the lovely service you provided for myself and my family, but most of all for my dear wife [….] it was what she wanted and I’m sure you will agree it went very well and the presentation was outstanding. Thanking you for your service.  J

 

Moyra took lots of time to gather as much information about my father as possible, in order to ensure the ceremony was as personal as it could be. She very quickly provided us with a draft and happily made a couple of minor amendments so that her script was exactly what we wanted it to be. We were very happy with what she produced and her professionalism throughout. All who attend the funeral commented on what a lovely service it was.

Daughter

 

Thank you Moyra for enabling us to have a funeral that focused on Dad, rather than god. You got in touch with us very quickly, visited when it suited us and most importantly listened to what we said about Dad. It was helpful to be able to make minor changes to the final script. We were very happy with the way the ceremony went, Mum said it couldn’t have been better. Thank you for all you did.

Daughter

 

I just wanted to thank you for today, it was a lovely service, my mum commented after saying how nice it was and how she preferred it rather than a religious service. Thanks again.

 

Moyra was very compassionate and also very professional in her approach to the ceremony. She helped us to put together ideas for her address and covered aspects of my father’s life that perhaps we had not considered. She made it all seem easy, and my mother and I felt comfortable discussing dad and his life with her. I am very grateful to Moyra.

Daughter

 

Thank you so much for the lovely service for my father. It was so personal and said exactly what my mother wanted so say. I thought your whole approach to our service was both compassionate and professional, and helped the family through a difficult experience. On behalf of my mother and myself, I would like to express our gratitude.

Daughter

 

Words cannot express how perfectly you conducted the service yesterday. As a family we are truly grateful and you captured him perfectly.

Daughter

 

A much delayed thank you for Dad’s funeral life-celebration.    Sorry it’s taken so long to write to thank you.

First of all, thank you for undertaking Dad’s ceremony, especially as I understand it was not within your usual geographical zone.   I was very relieved to have a celebrant recommended by the BHA whose statement I could read in advance, rather than the local people suggested by the undertaker about whose views and attitudes we were less clear.

We were impressed by the very helpful way in which you immediately got in touch with us to start gathering information about Dad.  I know that [K and L] found the meeting with you very helpful in dealing with their grief, as well, obviously as giving you a picture of Dad.  [D] also appreciated your sympathetic response in discussion of his contribution to the ceremony.

I’m sorry that I was only able to communicate with you mostly by email (because I was very busy that week), but that seemed to work very well.   It was very helpful to have a script of the ceremony in plenty of time to comment, and discussion about minor changes went very smoothly, and we were very happy with the final script.     On the day,   we were also very happy with the way the ceremony went – thank you for doing it so well.  Everyone who we spoke to had very positive things to say about the ceremony.

Son

 

‘Just a few words of thanks for the beautiful service you performed for my husband. He would have been very happy with the way it was conducted. A lot of people have said how nice the service was.’   S

 

Moyra I would just like to thank you once again for the time and effort you put into [my husband’s] service, and to let you know everybody who attended commented on how lovely it was and how it captured [him] perfectly.

Thank you and all the best for the future. L

 

Beautiful words and memories on a very sad day. Would just like to thank Moyra Summers for helping celebrate the life of our loved one. We smiled and cried. Thank you

 

Moyra really did ‘save’ the day after we had had an unpleasant experience with another Celebrant. With very little time to prepare her service she did a wonderful job so much so that friends & relations thought she was a friend of ours as she knew so much about my Husband who had passed away. I really cannot thank Moyra enough she made a really stressful time into an experience that was one to remember. Thank you again Moyra, and to anyone looking for a Celebrant, for what ever reason, I can only say you will not go wrong in choosing this wonderful Lady.

 

Moyra was marvellous from start to finish. She spent several hours with us talking about my Dad: his life, his loves; his character and our memories of him. She made sure we were happy with what she was going to say before the funeral and that my mum felt comfortable at all times. Moyra managed to bring my dad alive again and the day was a completely positive one. I can honestly say that it was a good experience and I think Dad would have approved wholeheatedly.

Daughter

 

[We] wanted to say a huge thank you. You managed to turn our rambling stories and throwaway comments into a tribute that was perfect.

We’ve spoken to many people who were at the [ceremony] – it’s clear that you captured who he was as a family man, friend, colleague, doctor and most importantly, who we remember as Papa.

Thank you too for the patient and caring way you were with the three of us. It has been a daunting time for all of us, wanting to make sure we did Papa proud. Your calm and dignified approach helped us so much, and we will always be grateful.

With love and best wishes,  C.’