The Stokie Celebrant

Kate prepared and delivered my mums eulogy at her funeral this week. She has a warm empathy, a joyful spirit, and a wonderful way of drawing out stories that you barely remember even knowing that are so perfect to reflect the life of your loved one. I was dreading the meeting fearing it to be emotional, but we smiled and laughed at some of the memories, and it was a beautiful time. Her delivery of her beautiful script on the day was wonderful, and everyone commented on both the content and the memories, and on the perfect engaging presentation.
Jan 24th, 2023

Kate was initially recommended to us by Fowles Funeral Services, and, after swapping contact details, we arranged for Kate to visit our Parents home to put together a fitting Eulogy for our Dad. All communications throughout the whole process were second to none. Initially, Kate sat down with us as a family and just typed away on her laptop as we openly discussed Dads journey throughout his life, sometimes 3 or 4 of us would be talking at the same time, with 1 of us mentioning a funny story or comment, which you may at the time think Kate would not have heard or noted. Wrong! Kate never missed a trick, she was sharp, funny, empathetic, compassionate and an ultimate professional in not only her approach to her job, but as a person too. Nothing was too much trouble, draft updates of what Kate had put together were regularly sent for us to peruse over and alter if we felt necessary. Upon receiving the 2nd draft of Kates work, she had added a poem which was put together around the Eulogy which she had developed for Dad. This was so bespoke and heartfelt, that it knocked us all sideways with the amount of time and effort which Kate had obviously put into producing such a lovely poem. We as a family would like to Thank You Kate for your services, and making what can be a really difficult time after losing a loved one, so special to us all ,with what you put together in celebration of Dads life. 10/10 Thank You From us all as a Family, of the late - Terence TEL Bampton YNWA xx
Jan 14th, 2023

Firstly, me and my sister had absolutely no idea where to start when it came to arranging our Mums funeral! We had chosen the directors (Larvin & Clegg) and as soon as we sat down and spoke about our Mum, he knew the very celebrant to help us remember Mum in the best possible way It was Kate, the one thing we were dreading the most, was sitting down with a stranger and telling Mums stories... But Kate was simply amazing, professional and she completely put both of us at ease, it was like we'd known her for years, she totally captured Mum and the person she was Our Mum would've enjoyed chatting to Kate just as much as we did!! Probably for longer too In the lead up to the funeral, Kate checked in to make sure we were ok, and that we were happy with the arrangements, she also gave us great advice, as we were still in shock about losing Mum so suddenly, and we simply found some decisions difficult we would 100% recommend Kate as your celebrant, she really did go above & beyond
Mar 19th, 2022

Professional service can adapt to the families needs. Compassionate and helps make a very tough time in a families life easier.
Mar 19th, 2022

Kate is amazing, kind and nuturing. Kate brightens up any room and knows exactly what to say in times of need.
Jul 9th, 2021