"Dear Mark, just a little note to say thank you for the lovely service today – I am sure mum would have heartily approved.
Your sentiments were so kind and the words at the end really encapsulated her essence.
''On behalf of my family and myself I would like to thank you for the lovely service you gave for our mum on Friday.
My brothers were so full of compliments for your calm delivery of the tribute and how you made it feel very personal. Relatives who attended were also very complimentary of you and the service and I have had lots of messages to say the same...
"We just needed to ‘THANK YOU’ so very much for the perfect, beautiful service you conducted for Our Amazing Dad. You took the time to make sure that it was exactly what we wanted. ‘You have the gift’. You made it feel so much more personal and very warm. It was the Dad we all knew. We lost count on how many said afterwards that they had never been to a funeral like it (even our religious relations, which was really nice to hear).
Dad would have been not only proud of us, but proud of you for giving him the very best send off. You made a sad goodbye a lot easier with a lot of nice memories, you raised smiles and lots of laughs, which we are really grateful for.
''We are writing to thank you for leading my father's funeral ceremony so beautifully and for the guidance and support you kindly offered leading up to the day. You were so professional and reassuring, we felt confident the day would go well. The assurance you gave meant we could take joy in the memories and say good-bye and for this we are eternally grateful.
In particular we all enjoyed how you described T so sensitively and so true to his memory. Whilst the occasion was sad your delivery made us feel so very proud and I know dad would have loved the way you spoke about him in the way you did.
''Thank you for officiating so well at our Dad's funeral yesterday.
We really appreciated your warmth, empathy and support during all of the preparations and the funeral itself. It was a fitting tribute to Dad.''
''I just wanted to drop a note to let you know how happy we were that you took the service for Uncle R. We were in a quagmire of emotions, so we were very lucky to have you guide us so seamlessly through the process with such kindness and compassion.
So, just thank you very much Mark, for all the time you took and the wonderful commemoration we had as a result; so very much appreciated.''