I would like to write a short note to give you our sincerest thanks in managing Dad's Funeral for us.

You handled the whole process for us with sensitivity, practicality and a genuine sense of care and compassion, considering what we were all experiencing at the time. It was and still is quite a shock for us all.

You are someone that Dad would have loved to have met. He was a very practical, common sense man, with a sense of fun and he always made people feel welcomed and special. I feel the two of you would have got on very well. Sometimes there are other powers at play and all the people who were involved in the last week of Dad's life and his life thereafter (staff at the Hospice, yourself, Father Harry), were all people Dad would have genuinely welcomed as friends, under normal circumstances. Maybe he was silently choosing you all, for us.

You all made our process in dealing with his death, a lot easier and a bit of laughter thrown in, always breaks the reality of the situation. We appreciate your quick thinking skills in alleviating the grief his young grandchildren were experiencing when the coffin was being placed in the car. Following Dad up the road was a beautiful memory we will all have and a sense of final closure for the grandkids.

We cannot all thank you enough for your efficiency, diplomacy, sense of fun and your genuine care of Dad, even after he passed. We knew he was in good hands with yourself and Father Harry to take him to the next journey.

Thank you again. We are sincerely grateful.