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John Ordish

(6th January 1946 - 2nd June 2023)

In loving memory of John Charles Ordish who sadly passed away on the 2nd June with his family at his side.

A beloved husband to Chris, adored father of Tracey and a devoted Grandpa to Jack, Jamie, Maddi and George.

Please could we ask for no black to be worn to the funeral, John would have preferred a splash of colour.

Family flowers only please. Any donations to Dementia UK or to the RNLI will be gratefully received.

Charity Donation In Memory of John Ordish

Donate to RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution

You can choose to make your donation amount private, if you wish.

RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution Donations

Janice White & Family

In loving memory of a dear neighbour and friend.

£20.00

Tunde Odutoye

My love to Chris and John's family. May he R.I.P.

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£10.00

Marc and Jo Wallace

In loving memory. Rest in peace, John xx

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Anonymous

To a lovely man who was a pleasure to have known. Lots of love to Tracey and all her family. Lots of love Sarah & Wayne xx

£15.00 + £3.75 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£50.00

Grant Ramsay

Thank you John for all your knowledge over the years.

£20.00

Anonymous

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Leisa Camburn

In memory of John Ordish

£30.00 + £7.50 Gift Aid

Linda Davis

In memory of John Ordish who loved the sea. Will be sadly missed

£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£25.00 + £6.25 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£25.00 + £6.25 Gift Aid

Charity Donation In Memory of John Ordish

Donate to Dementia UK

You can choose to make your donation amount private, if you wish.

Dementia UK Donations

Anonymous

£10.00 + £2.50 Gift Aid

Sarah & Wayne

To a lovely man who was a pleasure to have known. Lots of love to Tracey and all her family. Sarah & Wayne xx

£15.00 + £3.75 Gift Aid

Anonymous

£20.00

Nick Lunn

Rest in peace, John, one of the kindest and cleverest men I've known. Will never forget those wonderful 'Buttercup' days, and thanks for bailing me out in my rusty 100E many times!

£50.00 + £12.50 Gift Aid

Linda Davis

Such a worthwhile cause. In memory of John Ordish

£20.00 + £5.00 Gift Aid

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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution

£385.00 + Gift Aid of £71.25

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Dementia UK

£115.00 + Gift Aid of £23.75

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A Few Kind Words...

“Thank you very much indeed for all your professionalism, support and guidance throughout the whole process involved in caring for my mother.

From the moment we met the staff at Holmwood Nursing Home until my collection of thank you notelets for my father to use I felt that everything was conducted in a most efficient and sensitive manner. I know that Clive spent a good deal of time with you and I was so pleased that we were able to have such a beautiful service very soon after the passing of our dear mother and wife. With thanks once again”

Jane Reg & Clive

“Dear Beth,

Just a short note from all of us to say “Thank You” for all the effort that you applied to ensure that Sarah’s funeral passed so seamlessly.

If it can be described as a “Great Day” (which I know will sound odd) I mean it purely in terms of the balance between sadness and celebration was met – that also the weather was perfect, the co-ordination between service and committal was excellent, the flowers so beautiful and everyone played their part so well. It was largely down to you that it did work so well.

So a “Big Thank You”

Barry, Jemma, Matthew, Josie and William

“Dear Donna,

Just a little something to say thank you very much for all of your kind support during a very difficult time.

You really went above and beyond to help us and it was truly appreciated.

Thank you for helping us organise such a personal and fitting service for Margaret and everything else that you did for us.”

Bill, Sandra, Vicki and Family

“How can we say thank you for all you did to make Robert (Bob’s) funeral so lovely? We felt you worked so hard ,with your company and the Church to make everything so nice. So once again thank you.”

Wendy Dennis & Brenda

“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

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

“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 Jo,

Thanks so much for all you did leading up to the funeral. None of us could have got through it without your support.

Many thanks for everything you did for us, for all your help and for making a very sad day so easy. Your support has been amazing.

A huge thank you. Your dedication made saying farewell to Mum all the more bearable.”

Sue, Vicki, Clare & Richard

“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

“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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