Sue Veira - Funeral Celebrant, Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex | Sue Veira - Funeral Celebrant

Compassionate funeral celebrancy serving the south-east of the UK

Many people kindly write to me to express their appreciation. With their permission, here are some of their impressions in their own words. I hope these are helpful to you.

“We just wanted to thank from the bottom of our hearts for all your help today with Mum’s funeral. You were so lovely and made the whole service so beautiful. Your words were endearing to dear Mum. We honestly cannot think of anyone else we would rather have had to support us through this tough day.”

“I go to a lot of funerals and I see a lot of celebrants. I have to say you are at the top end of the list!”

“Thank you so much, Sue – you made the service very special. Many comments were made about what a lovely service it was. We felt Mum had the send-off she very much deserved.”

“The service was perfect - we can’t say how much we valued all that you did.”

“Hi Sue, thanks so much again for the love and care you gave holding the service for Mum today. There were lots of lovely comments about how nice it was. You did her proud today. Thank you so much!”

“We would just like to thank you most sincerely for your valued contribution to the service last week for our girl.”

“Dear Sue, I am so very grateful for your help at Richard’s funeral. Everyone appreciated how it went and you were instrumental in helping me get through it.”

“We both felt like a great weight had been lifted from our shoulders after speaking to you.”

“Lovely to meet you, Sue. Thanks for making it more palatable.”

“Sue asked a series of really well-placed questions. Suddenly, the service was prepared...”

“We would like to thank you for being the celebrant at my mother’s funeral. Many people at the reception mentioned how well you did... It is a pleasure to know you, you are lovely. Thank you!”

“It was lovely to meet you and we are so relieved that we have finally got Mum’s service sorted out. We feel that you have really listened and put it together perfectly.”

“I wanted to thank you for the part you played in making Hannah’s funeral such a memorable event. Getting the right celebrant was important for us all and that we certainly did. It was, for us all, a terrible and wonderful day, and you held together your part so beautifully. We were especially grateful that you had so obviously listened to and assimilated what we told you about Hannah and our feelings about her. Your personality seemed to mirror our needs and aspirations for a day which could easily have been very traumatic. As it was you gave us the space to grieve, to laugh, to be our own, unique family - ourselves. We felt, for that brief time, that you were truly one of us – united with us as we laughed and cried and said goodbye to Hannah in our own, unique way. Thank you, thank you – anyone who gets you as their celebrant is truly blessed.”

“Thank you so much for your efforts and support for mum’s funeral yesterday. It was all very fitting, and we agreed that we would not have changed any aspect of the day.”

“I am writing to say a big thank you for today. You really did a wonderful job and your lovely words made it sound like you knew Dad. We really did appreciate you making a very hard day go so well.”

“Your words reflected what I could not articulate. Never in my wildest dreams did I think at my age I'd have to go through this. Thank you much for listening and capturing Sam’s personality. We will all be forever grateful. The girls and I wanted to thank you so much for everything you did for us today. You made a difficult day bearable. Thanks also for your added note. I do so appreciate that life has chosen you to take the path you have.”

“Hi Sue, I just wanted to send you a quick message to say thanks so much for today. A day I was not really looking forward to, turned out to be a beautiful celebration. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

“Sue, thank you so much for yesterday’s meeting. Your warmth and sincere understanding was wonderful and made mum and us feel very reassured about the service. I’ll be in touch shortly but just wanted to thank you.”

“Your guidance of both services and your words about Tim were so lovely and I know that everybody in the family was deeply touched by it. Your patience, empathy and warmth with which you approached the services were of such great support for us all and we couldn't have wished for a better Celebrant to lead it. I am deeply touched and grateful to you! Thank you for helping us conduct the services in a way that was befitting to Tim and to his life and legacy – I know that he would’ve loved both.”

“Hi Sue, I want to say a huge thank you for such a beautiful service – you were amazing and just perfect. Bless you, and thank you for managing yesterday – it is very much appreciated.”