'Thank you so much for the beautiful service you arranged for my mum, everyone commented on your lovely tribute to a wonderful lady.'

'Just a line to say a sincere thank you for all of your efforts in making the final passage for my husband M to move on from this life on earth, a personal tribute to the person that he was in life. All that attended and shared in the service were full of praise in the manner it was conducted, a great comfort for them and especially M's daughter, his son and myself.'

'Thank you for making yesterday go so well. Everyone thought it a lovely tribute and I have to congratulate you on organising it so well... The memorial booklet was lovely and a wonderful thing to keep.'

'I just wanted to say a really big thank you for yesterday - the number of texts and congratulations I've had for the way the service was conducted was really touching.  My mum would have been really proud of the send off she was given as were all her friends.  Please accept our most sincere thanks for the beautify ceremony.'

 'I would just like to say a very big thank you to you for all of your help through this difficult time.  The service was just lovely, you did a wonderful job and everybody who attended B's funeral agreed.  You are a very kind lady, once again a very big thank you from myself and the children.'

'Everybody has commented on the lovely touches at the services, a lot of which were your ideas and how well you seemed to understand G from the way you spoke about her. There is no doubt that you are in the right job, you have such a way with words. Anyway we are just so grateful that you made a very difficult time just that bit easier for us, I know I was a bit lost on the day and your guidance was invaluable.'

'On behalf of my sisters, S, R and myself, we would just like to say many thanks for the lovely service you gave to mum. I think everyone who went made a point of saying how nice it was and put together perfectly.'

'Thank you so much for a beautiful ceremony today.  We really do appreciate how smoothly the service went and how naturally you conducted the ceremony.  It felt very special to us all.  The comments from the guests were over-whelming and touching.  The words you spoke were 'spot on' and it was amazing to have such good singers to back up our warbling! It was a memorable and special day for all our family,  and incredible to get the sun shining on us all day.'

Thank you again for all your efforts and making it a fitting send off for Dad

'The service was beautiful and so appropriate, so many people expressed their genuine feelings that you managed/directed/organised the whole thing so very well, and for that I  will always be grateful. C certainly left us yesterday knowing that he was loved and highly regarded by many. What a send off!'

'We all agreed that thanks to you we were able to give Dad the type of service he would have chosen and that it was a fitting celebration of the kind and gentle man he was.'

'Evelyn drafted a very appropriate tribute after meeting with the family for the first time for a couple of hours last Friday. She was very open to the process of amending the text, however the bulk of the tribute were the words originally drafted. It is a credit to your professionalism and expertise that no one who passed comment realised that you were not a family friend of longstanding. I have your business card and should anyone have the misfortune to find themselves in a similar situation I will have no hesitation to recommend you'

'G and I want to thank you most sincerely for the way you designed and took the service at J's funeral yesterday.  Your help and sympathy have made so much difference at this sad time.  All the people who attended felt that the whole service was so appropriate to J's life and their own feelings at the time.'

'Thank you so much for today.  Everybody just loved the service and thought it was our Dad to a T, the music and the tribute.  I think Dad has really set a trend once again...'

'G and I want to thank you most sincerely for the way you designed and took the service at J's funeral yesterday.  Your help and sympathy have made so much difference at this sad time.  All the people who attended felt that the whole service was so appropriate to J's life and their own feelings at the time.'

'I just wanted to say a big thank you for making my Dad’s send off so special and personal.'

'many, many thanks Evelyn for enabling the service to go so well and be a good memory of Dad.'

'I think you've picked up a remarkable perception of my mother and her life in the short time you've known us and I also think Helen made a splendid choice of 'official'  for the ceremony'

                 

'I just want to thank you for everything you have done for my family, you are amazing. The day was amazing and that was down to you. You were the perfect person to carry out the service of celebration. Thanks again for all your efforts, we all can't stop singing your praises.'

'we had no idea you could have so much choice, I wish I'd known about you for my wife's funeral'

'that you so enjoyed being part of our celebration of L's life confirms for me the belief that we got everything right. For this we have you to thank, as you led us forward with our ideas and helped us create something beyond our initial hopes. Without exception, everyone I spoke to commented on how beautiful and appropriate the service was - this includes my mother-in-law, a devout catholic, who would have been initially disappointed that it was not to be a religious ceremony.'

' I want to thank you for all your help and support in arranging and delivering B's service last week. It really was everything I had hoped for. So many people have commented on how fitting and emotional the service was, and how much they enjoyed it. Everything went remarkably smoothly, I'm sure because you and the Funeral Director had everything planned to the last detail. The words you found to weave together our tributes and music were all so relevant, and beautiful - they captured B's spirit so well that I needed to remind myself on several occasions that you had never actually met him!

‘thankyou very much for the all your kind thoughts  and help you gave us

over the loss of B’s father S. You did us the most perfect, beautiful service

for S’s funeral and we all thank you from the bottom of our hearts’

 

‘thank you Evelyn so much for conducting the service for my mother.

We all thought it was so wonderful in it's simplicity, it just couldn't have been

any better. Thank you again’

 

‘thankyou for making R’s farewell something that we’ll remember fondly

and not with sadness. Everyone, and I mean everyone, said how you made

his service so warm and full of compassion’

 

‘..it was great to be able to just talk about Dad, and the fact that you were able to soak up so much information and get an accurate feel for him is remarkable.

I read the documents last night and I instantly liked everything about it.  I have read it all again this morning and it says everything that should be said, you are very clever!’

 

‘Thank you so much for sending us copies of the service in remembrance of our son. You did well to remember all that John said! I think we were very fortunate to have found you. Thank you also for your kind words and wishes’

 

'from the first visit we found her capacity to listen, understand and interpret our needs very reassuring. Not having any previous experience of Civil Funerals we were very grateful for her guidance and suggestions'

'thank you for what you've done.  We cant believe how much you have the feeling right for what we all want......'

'Evelyn was always available for a quick response to our emails with the constant changes to the programme. She put together the final draft that we were all completely happy with'

'thank you so much for a beautiful service and a fitting celebration of Dad's life'

'it made me feel connected and allowed me to voice my goodbye'

'she managed to put together a funeral I actually wish my husband could have heard. he would have been overjoyed and most impressed. Evelyn 'got the measure' of my husband so well that people thought that my husband had actually written it himself!!'

'the whole experience was conducted in a friendly and professional way which was very comforting to all those who attended'

'thank you so much for your preparation and delivery of yesterday's service. It was done just how Dad would have wanted it and the personal reading was very tender'

'her sensitivity to the situation made the service a warm and loving occasion'

‘I cannot praise her enough, she prepared and presented an excellent ceremony

which was very caring and true to my Mum. I would recommend her to anyone

who wanted a civil ceremony’

‘It was a perfect service, sensitively delivered. We all agree D would have loved it'

 ‘I’m really glad we asked you, it made me feel good about Mum’s final send off.

Thank you for your kindness and sensitivity in making what could have been

a difficult day into a good one’

 ‘Thank you so much – that was perfect – exactly what he would have wanted’

 ‘That’s the best funeral I’ve ever been to'

' Please pass on our thanks  - she was brilliant and very supportive throughout'


'wonderful, considerate and compassionate ....we all adored her interpretation of
my husband's life and death..... I wish he could have met her'

Pre-plan
I recently prepared a ceremony for a lady who was very anxious about our first meeting... but after we'd met 2 or 3 times and agreed everything she said she felt 'jubilant'!