Funeral and Memorial Services

Departure

From my very first moment you do hover, lurking in
the shadows, Death. Watching, waiting to snatch what
is mine, alone, most precious – Life.

© Rilke Muir / True Words Divined

We know it is inevitable, but when it comes it hurts.

With empathy and sensitivity, Rilke will guide you through the challenges of this difficult time. She will lead you through the decisions about the type and content of the ceremony that will best commemorate or celebrate the life of the person you have lost from your midst.

Free of church, free of formula – solutions open to what is important to you to say – the result will be as unique as the one you have lost – and totally relevant to their memory.

Having personally experienced the loss of friends and family to cancer, suicide, AIDS, age and accident, Rilke believes that each service of remembrance is an important part of the grieving process and needs to be as unique as the person we are bidding farewell.

Each service is individualised to your requirements in a supportive, caring and unobtrusive way.

The client-only section of this web site will give you access to readings and verses from which you can select what you would like. Geographically distributed family members can all access the password and share the choices that need to be made.

Or you can commission Rilke to write your own unique offering. Rilke can help you write a eulogy to be read on the day and an obituary for publication. It is often easier for a professional writer to see the full potential to honour the departed.

When families come from out of town, or if time is too precious to spend on the worries of organising something quickly, True Words Divined can also assist with the organisational aspects of the gathering, such as professional design and printing of an order of proceedings/memorial leaflet. Example formats are available at your consultation.

Amplification can be provided for outdoor ceremonies so all those gathered can hear, and CDs can be played.

› Visit the Anniversary of Passing On and Scattering of Ashes page
› See also our section on Pre-planning Your Funeral