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Hi Ava
Thank you for your professionalism when we met with you and also accommodating us on the day we requested for mums service, we really appreciated this.
Many thanks,
Jude and Marge
Hi Deb
Once again thank you so much for the brilliant job you did, I'm not sure you could have made it any easier for us.
Cheers
Allan Webber
Hi Marissa,
Once more, thank you so much for all that you have done in making this difficult time a whole lot easier. It is a huge relief and greatly appreciated.
Love all that you do!
Sarah
Thank you
Marissa and all the team for taking great care of my Dad.
Everything
was beautiful and Matt helped make it all go smoothly.
Many thanks from Elaine and all the
family.
Hi Debra and Jannette,
Dominique and I, and the family, would like to thank you for your help giving Joan a great farewell. Your thoughtful and caring words were appreciated by all and we have had many of the guests comment on the ceremony and how great it was. Some saying it was the best funeral they had been to. Just the right amount of sadness, humour, family and fellowship.
Thanks
Russell Dawe
Hi Olivia.
You were absolutely outstanding with the service you gave to our Emeline. Not
to mention having to deal with all the extra things that Tongans, with their
culture, expect. Mats, late nights, several viewings and the absolutely
beautiful way you prepared Emeline for viewing. The programme too was stunning.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Richard Smythe
Hi Ava and
Bruce
I would like to thank you both again for your support with Dad’s funeral, we have had a lot of great comments on the service and this wouldn’t have come together so well without your help. You took all of the stress out of organising the funeral. Dad was certainly fare welled fittingly.
Warm regards
Adrienne
Rollo and family
Hi Ava and
the team,
Thank you so much for arranging the service for Fraser Walsh. It was a difficult time for everyone, and you made just a bit easier for us.
Thanks,
James
A huge
thankyou to the professional caring team at Grahams Funeral Services for their
assistance with the recent passing of our Dad.
Thank you
all for the support we received and for ensuring it was a memorable day for our
Dad. Our family made numerous visits to say our final goodbyes and
we were always greeted with kind friendly staff. The attention to detail
was greatly appreciated by all our family from the Order of Service through to
the live streaming.
To Deb –
thank you for making Dad look so great. It was a huge relief to know Dad
was well looked after and in the right hands. He looked at peace.
Thanks to
Marissa for ensuring the day went smoothly. We know Dad would have been
so impressed with the Cadillac that he took his final journey in.
Kind regards
Hi Olivia,
We just want to say a big thank you for the way you directed Guy's funeral. Right from the start, we all wanted someone who listened to what we wanted and you did this in bucketfuls. We think it was a very fitting tribute to Guy and that he would have approved. We know that you went to a lot of time and trouble choosing the right celebrant and you chose well. We really liked Bruce (Hopkins) and he did a perfect job.
So many have said how moving and appropriate the service was which is nice to know. You certainly bent over backwards too in keeping Guy so long for viewing.
Please pass on our thanks to Debs too. We only know how he looked for us to view and have no idea what state he was in when she received him. He looked at peace and 'our Guy'. Thank her so much.
Thanking you all again. A very professional team.
Sincerely, Richard and Petsy.
Kia Ora Ava,
Thank you for looking after our mum and my whanau at this very special time. Once again nga mihi mo to mahi.
Ted Rhind
Kia ora team,
I just wanted to send the biggest thank
you to the team, particularly Matt and Matthew for being absolutely incredible
to deal with in the process of my father's send off. Matt has been so helpful
and accommodating while Matthew really helped put my mind at ease that my dad
was in the right hands and treated with professionalism and respect. It’s not
an easy job and your team are great at what they do. Your team have addressed
our situation with the utmost of grace and patience. My dad was embalmed
beautifully and his true essence preserved for our family to appreciate and
remember him for how he was.
Thank you again,
Mikayla Scanlon.
Hi Matt
Just a massive thank you for everything
yourself and your colleagues did for our Dad. He looked amazing! You guys
did an amazing job. Also a massive thank you to Mathew for looking after us on
Wednesday afternoon. You guys were all super amazing and made everything
so easy.
Once again thank you so much.
Regards Rebecca
Dear Marissa
As you are well aware, my mother died on 10th May and we
employed the services of your business to manage her death, funeral and
interment. I would like to thank you on behalf of my family for the
support we were given by Olivia. We found her to be most professional and
supportive. She showed kindness, and knowledge and led us through
this journey with confidence and empathy. She made a big difference on how we as a family were able
to get through this difficult time for us.
Kind regards
Margaret Webb
Good morning Debra
Once again thank you for
your assistance through mum’s passing and my dad has also asked me to pass on
his thank you as well. Our get together was as we had all wanted and I am
sure mum enjoyed it to.
Kind regards
Linda
Hi Marissa
Thank you
so much for all the support Grahams provided for us. Ava is a gem and
fantastic at her job. We were so grateful to have had such a caring and
supportive Funeral Director.
Hi Deb
Just a note for your excellent help and professionalism in doing Dad's memorial service. Everybody said it was a lovely tribute to Dad.
Thanks very much for your efforts.
Pauline
Malo 'aupito Ava,
Thank you once again for your kindness through the loss of
our mum.
Rachel, Derek, David and Tim and all our whanau
Hi Deb,
Thank you, we were all very happy with the day and yesterday at Mangere was also good with just the family. We were very lucky we had such a wonderful, sunny weekend. Please thank the caterers for the beautiful food. The name plate was lovely too. Thank you and your team again for all your help.
We really appreciate it.
Kind regards,
Laurel
Good morning Ava,
Thank you again
Kind regards
Pam
Hi Debra and Jill,
Theresa and I appreciated the two of you strong women, you and
Jill, representing us for Lorna and all the family the respect you showed
towards Lorna and us, the words and guidance in the service Jill, the eulogy
was gorgeous, and that you two presented an honest camaraderie towards each
other that was truly noticed and appreciated.
Not forgetting Matt and the camera people and all the people
behind the scenes like the florist, who all did a marvellous job, well done and
thank you.
Thanks
Cathy
Afternoon Deb,
I would also like to thank you again on behalf of the family for helping us get everything sorted so quickly and easily whilst we came to terms with our loss. It was much appreciated by all.
Regards,
Alex
Hi Deb and Hila,
Thank you
once again for the wonderful service and support you have provided on Wade’s
passing.
Kind
regards,
Wayne and
Tricia
Hi Deb,
I want to thank you on behalf of our whole family for the wonderful job you did
with Ludolph’s farewell ceremony and all the other task associated with his
passing. Everybody was really impressed with the ceremony and we would not have been
able to do this without your help. Both Mum and I found you kind manner in dealing with all our requests really
reassuring. Thank you
so very much for taking care of Dad until his final send-off.
Kind Regards,
Nadia
Dear Deb,
Thank you so much for placing Mum’s beautiful casket spray and wreath at our Dad’s grave. Maxine and I and all of the rest of our family present in the church yesterday thought Mum’s service was beautiful. It was a very sincere, meaningful and respectful tribute to Mum. The cheeky presence of Father Robert’s cat and it’s antics and cousin Michael’s spontaneous reciting of the Irish blessing added warm, unexpected touches. We consider that our Mum had exactly the quality of send-off that we had hoped for. Our late cousin Kevin Flynn was very impressed with the way you had handled arrangements for the funeral of his mother (our aunt) Joan Flynn. We were so pleased that when it came to our turn that you were at the helm overseeing the arrangements for Mum.
You have done a wonderful job Deb. No request ever
appears to be too great for you and you are so quick to respond...We are so grateful
that Mum had such a fine service given current restrictions. Absolute perfection
is very challenging for anyone at anytime to achieve let alone current
uncertain Covid times.
Grateful thanks for everything Deb. Very best wishes,
Kathryn and Maxine
To Marissa and the team at Grahams,
Once again thanks for the support and care you showed to Leo and our family. The Franklin community is truly blessed to have the team at Grahams providing funeral services at often a sad and stressful time.
Thank you,
Paul and family.Good
morning Daniel,
Thank you
again for all the support you gave our whanau for the arrangements of our
Uncle Miki's funeral.
There's no
doubt that aspects of his tangihanga were very different but there
were also new beautiful elements that we as a whanau could adapt in
the future for tangihanga. We as a whanau believe that Uncle Miki's pure
essence of humility flowed through his tangihanga and funeral day as we all had
to navigate through rules, guidelines and structures of Covid.
So thank you once again. Kind regards,
Lee-Anne
Shaw.
Thank you Deb. You made the day seamless.
Hi Deb,
Firstly we couldn't thank Grahams Funerals and yourself enough for your care of our wonderful ❤ Dad, you did him and us proud. Extremely grateful for the drive by and beautiful video, there weren't enough tissues in the house.
Thank you
Neil
Hi Marissa
Jess has been absolutely amazing. We managed to get the family together yesterday to get to say farewell to our beautiful Nana. Grandad was able to be there too, and it brought so much peace to everyone. I can't thank your team enough.
Ngā mihi nui
Trudy
Thanks Deb, on behalf of all of us thank you so much. Everything was perfect Dad would have been proud of the service. You and your team were fantastic through the whole process and GFS made it much easier than we all thought it would have been in such a difficult time. Will recommend your services should it be required again.
Thanks and Regards
Don
Hi Deb,
Thank you for all your help over the past week. All the family is really happy with the tribute you helped us put together.
MartinHi Debra,
Thank you so much for organising such a lovely funeral for Janice. It was perfect in every way. The flowers on the casket were the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen on a casket. We loved the order of service and how it had been designed with the horse picture in the background and flowers around her photo on the front. The funeral attendants were fantastic and so was the man who did the live streaming. All in all I would give you 20/10 if I had to rate it! So thank you from us all, you really helped make Janice's funeral a very special day of celebrating her life.
Kind regards
Jacqui
Hi Debra,
Just wanted to say a special Thank-You to Robert. He was OUTSTANDING...!!! He was Extremely Professional, Extremely Helpful and A Good Bugger. And a BIG Thank-You for your OUTSTANDING service, to Farewell Patrick,
Honestly you were FANTASTIC...!!!
Regards Gerard Devereux
Hi Robert and Team,
I want to once again thank you all for the kindness and professionalism with which you have looked after both our father, and his lovely service last Thursday. We really did appreciate your time, patience and care.
Thanks again, and I hope you've all had some time to relax over the long weekend.
Ngā mihi
nui
Anna Powrie
Hi Deb
Thank you for making Dad's funeral go exactly how he wanted. Also thanks for suggesting Grant as he did a magnificent job.
Donna
Hi Marissa,
Thank-you and your team for your help in my mother’s send off. It was caring, fitting and professional, with all we had asked for, and Simon Mercep was perfect (and Trevor).
Kind Regards,
Hamish
Dear Mark,
Right from the time you picked Dad up from Possum Bourne the whole process with you and your team has been effortless for us. After watching the way you dealt with our Aunty and Uncle there was never any question that we would go with you and your team when the time came. However, not having been this close to the coal face before, Peter and I were quite apprehensive.
You were so gentle with Dad when you came to get him. Marissa guided us beautifully through everything that needed to be done. People with dementia can be challenging to say the least but Marissa was always respectful and patient with Mum and made sure she understood what we were doing and why, no matter how many times she had to explain.
The day of the funeral remains a bit of a blur. Pete and Vicki and Darryl and I have discussed that and figure that if you hadn't been guiding things so smoothly we wouldn't have been able to go with the flow on the day. Ivo was really easy to deal with too, very patient while I was getting the boys to check things and he completed the headstone in record time. Honestly, even the ladies in the office were gentle with me, you do have a team to be proud of. Very impressive! You have all worked very hard to make a tough time for our family that little bit easier, we greatly appreciate it.
Thank you again, and kind regards,
Claudia Smith and the family of Vincent Nicholls.
We would like to thank Mark and his team for the awesome service in our difficult time with the sudden death of our daughter Janna. We recommend Graham's funeral service to anyone. We found them down to earth ,very caring, and professional ,taking care and to have those answers to questions you didn't know to ask .
Larry and
Paula McCall
Waiuku
I will take this opportunity on behalf of my family and myself to thank all staff assisting on an excellent 100% all round effort during both my unfortunate and unforeseen incidents during 2020. Thanks again. The late Margaret (June) & Anthony (Tony) will be well pleased. God Bless.
Kind Regards To All
From The Grass Family.
Hi Marissa,
I would like to convey my appreciation to you and your team for the excellent job of organising the memorial service on Wednesday. Since my brother died during COVID-19 and we did not have a "normal” funeral, this service has been a part of the healing process for me.
Thank you for your empathy and understanding of the
bereaved.
Kind Regards
Faith Wickham
Our family just wanted to thank Graham's Funeral Services and you in
particular, Marissa, for your professional, kind, helpful manner when looking
after our husband and father.
The initial consultation and other contact with you went smoothly and was
done in such a way that we felt very comforted and sure that David was having
the very best of attention whilst in your care.
The service was so appropriate to our family and to David. There was
nothing we would have changed. The funeral room, the lighting and the
catering were perfect. This made our whole experience and grief so much
easier to bear because the service run so smoothly.
Carol Seay, the Celebrant was also excellent and I would recommend her to
anyone.
Firstly, to say thank you again for your amazing support,
work and compassion throughout the week leading up to the service - it was
beyond appreciated by myself and the rest of the family during a very sad time.
You really made us feel looked after and supported through the whole process
and able to focus on "getting things right” to deliver a service that really
reflected Dad. So thank you so much.
Debra and Carol
I wanted to thank you both for the way you organised and conducted Heather’s funeral last week. We felt that we achieved what we wanted, a reflection of Heather’s life that concentrated on the good times and full life she had. A number of people commented to us that they felt the qualities that Heather had were on display: her cheekiness, independent spirit, will to live and full family life.
Hi Lynn
Thank you so very much for everything. You all at Grahams, made Mum's send off, so caring and it was simply perfect.
Very Kind Regards
Leanne
Deb,
It has been a pleasure dealing with you. Everything came together so well before, during and after Mum’s funeral thanks to your organisation.
Also very much appreciated your compassion and patience.
Regards
Hi Mark,
Just wanted to pass on in writing our sincerest thanks to your team for showing such empathy, professionalism and flexibility dealing with Mum and her passing. From Sheryl on the phone, right through to Ben, Marissa, and yourself, we really appreciated you all!
Thanks,
Ally
Hi Deb
Thank you so much for being you, you where brilliant for us in this terrible time in our lives & I would recommend your service to people & I wish you well for your future. You are fantastic at your chosen job.
Linda Fraser
Hi Deb
Thanks for the beautiful service yesterday. Your personal touch made a hard day just a little easier.
Kind regards
Andrew
Hi Marissa
Nick and Jane
Mark, I would like to thank you sincerely for all your help with
Mum - even interrupting your holiday. We really appreciated your efforts and
everything ran like clockwork - we even got to follow you to the gardens and
that wasn't in the plan!!
Hi Team
Thank you so much for all your hard work this week. Nothing was a problem for you guys and you made what was one of the most difficult days for our family a beautiful celebration to remember mum. Everyone in the family was pleased with how it went (including Rob – so well done!)
No doubt you will hear from George in the near future when he comes to Tuakau to take you all for a drink.
Also, if you are ever having a bad day play the video Iain made – we laugh just thinking about it.
Thanks again. Kind regards
Helen,
Johanna & George McCarthy January 2018
Good afternoon Sheryl
Kind regards, Pali Panchia
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