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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...

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 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

“You make an extremely difficult time easier. Dad’s service was very fitting and I was so pleased to see him dressed in his uniform and hold his had one last time, Jess you did a lovely job. Thank you so so much.”

Clare

“Thank you so much for the way you took care of Loui’s funeral for us. You really went the extra mile, we are really grateful for all your help with the arrangements with Louis and Mum.”

Sheila, Kenny & Family

“Thank you for all your kind attention during the funeral of my husband John on the 24th May. The arrangements were so efficiently and sympathetically handled that it lifted a huge burden from my shoulders. I enclose a cheque in favour of the Alzheimer’s Society in memory of my beloved John.”

Catherine Waterman

“I cannot believe that a month has passed since we first met, the day after Brian died. Within a short time of our encounter, I know that an occasion I had always dreaded would be transformed into a positive, memorable occasion – and so it was!

Your warm and practical attitude, as well as highly professional advice, immediately instils confidence. Every detail of the proceedings is meticulously explained and I felt completely relaxed. Thank you Jess for making everything work so well. You are a remarkable lady with a definite vocation and I wish you all the very best for the future. I felt I found a real, new friend, just when I needed it most.”

Irene

“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

“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

“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

“We would like to thank you for a friendly and professional service and especially Adam who made a good job of the service, and a big thanks to Jane who was a great help and showed much kindness. We would recommend your company.”

Chris & Mike Whalen

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