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Finlay McDermid

(7th April 2006 - 27th March 2025)

In Loving Memory

Charity Donation In Memory of Finlay McDermid

Donate to Children With Special Needs Foundation

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Children With Special Needs Foundation Donations

Ian, Sue and family x

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Roger

Such a gentle and kind lad.

£25.00 + £6.25 Gift Aid

Anonymous

Collection in memory of Finlay McDermid taken at his funeral at St Nicolas, Great Bookham on 17 April 2025

£10.00

Annabelle and Lucy Ranger

A very much loved friend to so many. You will be so very missed and in our hearts forever. Goodnight, sleep well. Xx💔

£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid

In memory of finlay

Mike and jane

£500.00 + £125.00 Gift Aid

The Morrison Family

In memory of Finlay. Thinking of you all. Sheryl, Kevin, Jess & Josh x

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

The Laudy Family

We are thinking of you all. Melissa, Bruce ,Grace and Harry xxxx

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Stephen, Jane & Joy Parkinson

In memory of your beloved Finlay. Thinking of you all. xxx

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Winter Family

In memory of Fin, his compassion, his sensitivity and his heart for helping children who needed extra support...with love from us all xxxx

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Anonymous

In memory of a kind and gentle soul. With all our love, Audrey, Chris, Maya & Ava ❤️

Bill

Our thoughts and love for the wonderful McDermid family.

Yasmine

Fin touched so many lives, I hope this contribution helps continue his positive impact. ❤️

£150.00 + £37.50 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£25.00 + £6.25 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£25.00 + £6.25 Gift Aid

Ally & Claire

Love you always buddy x

£25.00

THPT

Dear Liz and Family, With love and deepest condolences, Louise, Nicola, Jonathan, Robert & Ian

Anonymous

£45.00 + £11.25 Gift Aid

Obituary

Children With Special Needs Foundation

£1,075.00 + Gift Aid of £260.00

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A Few Kind Words...

“Thank you so much for the care, support, compassion and understanding you showed with helping Chris and us to plan his funeral. You made a very difficult time for us more bearable for which we are very grateful. Thank you also for enabling all Chris’s plans to come to fruition. His ‘send-off’ was exactly what he wanted. Malcolm did a brilliant job too. Thank you, Jane, With love and sincere, thank you.”

Kathy, Samantha, Rosie and all the Sayer Family

“I would like to say a huge thank you to both Carina at Alan Greenwood and Sons in Frimley and the Celebrant. When my mother-in-law passed, we had absolutely no idea what we were doing other than needing to contact a funeral directors. After calling, Carina invited us into the Frimley branch for an informal chat and made us feel at ease straight away. She talked us through every step whilst being compassionate, caring and professional during the whole process. It was a difficult time that was made so much easier by the way Carina and Maria handled everything. When the Celebrant contacted us we were unsure of what we wanted for the service, with his knowledge and understanding he helped us to put together a service that was both relaxed, professional and perfectly suited to us. Thank you to the whole team!”

Sarah

“Lynn, Bruce and I thank you so much for the wonderful understanding and help you have given us over the past days.It has been a difficult time but made so much easier by your guidance. With your kindness, we feel we managed to say our goodbyes to ‘Roger’, ‘Dad’ and ‘Grandy’ – showing our love and thanks to him for looking after us so perfectly over the years.”

Pat Clark

“Dear John,

Thank you for the wonderful service, support and help you offered me and the way you looked after my partner Bob, after he passed away.

From the professionalism and courtesy your team showed on that most traumatic moment – taking Bob from our house – to your kindness, and surefooted advice, the recommendation of the Celebrant, and then your kindness in coming to the cremation as well.

It’s been the hardest month or so of my life and yet I was so pleased with how the service went, the wonderful order of service you arranged and helped me with and of course the music as well. Throughout it all you treated me with respect, dignity and gave me such helpful advice. I’m not sure I would have managed well without that. Even more, I can now look back and reflect that the day went well and represented my partner and our love so well.

I think it’s important to thank people when they have done such a great job.”

Douglas

“We just wanted to say a huge thank you for everything you did for us. You certainly made a very emotional and difficult time so much easier to bear. We are so grateful for the support you gave us and your gentle guidance along the way. Everything was perfect thanks to you and we would highly recommend you to all. With very best wishes.”

Family of Stanley Stearman

“Dear Fran

I just wanted to drop you an email to thank you for all your care and support in the arrangements for my dad, John.

I know that my Mum, Valerie, was most grateful for your support and care, particularly last Friday which was a difficult day for her. Mum said to me that you went over and above in her eyes, making sure she was ok before you would let her leave.

Dad would have highly approved of the day yesterday, and that’s all we could have asked for. It really was the celebration of his life that he would have wanted.

Again, my sincerest thanks and gratitude to you all.”

Helena

Dear Mr Alan Greenwood, I cannot thank you and your team in Bookham enough, for the excellent service they provided in every respect in the Cremation of my wife.

Your resident Funeral Consultant Mary fully explained all we needed to understand and advised the options available to us.

Her in depth knowledge of all the service providers including, Order of Service, authors and print selection, Celebrant, Hall and refreshments.

So many things which without her I would have been lost.

In the past few days I have received so very many complements and praise for the service you gave.

Do please allow other potential clients to share our experience.

Yours sincerely

Terry Eves-Thorpe

Sheila Eves-Thorpe

“I would like to say a big thank you for everything. I had nothing to worry about, it all went so smoothly from the day of his death to the end of the funeral and in the circumstances could not have been better. Thank you so much.

I don’t have a great deal of experience in these matters, but compared to the other funeral directors I had to deal with, Greenwoods are the tops and you personally were a pleasure to deal with, you hit absolutely the right note.”

Ann Bishop

“We would like to thank you very much for looking after Mum and for all the arrangements you made for her funeral last Thursday. Your professionalism, help and ready advice together with your sensitivity at such a difficult time was much appreciated by us all. Our best regards.”

Nigel, Colin Ian & Coraine Ferguson

“Dear David and Hannah,
Just a quick note to say thank you so much for all your help and support over the last month or so.
The funeral was just as it should have been.
Your staff were lovely and the day went without a hitch.”

Michele & Caroline

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