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SIMON’S wife died ten years ago this year. At her humanist funeral he said to the celebrant: “I could see myself doing this one day”. His day job was as an IT consultant for more than 30 years. In the interim years, he also worked as a voluntary bereavement counsellor at a local hospice and as a Humanist pastoral carer, supporting people nearing the end of their lives. He retrained as a Humanist Funerals celebrant in 2019. Now semi-retired, with very good availability, he still enjoys meeting people, learning about the times they shared with their loved ones and helping them to truly cele- brate a life well lived.

His funerals have included many natural burials, ashes interments and memorial services as well as cremations. “It’s all about celebrating the life of the deceased in a memorable and dignified manner, while seamlessly integrating with the quality service delivered by the funeral director” he says. You don’t have to be a Humanist to have a humanist funeral. They are for anyone who believes that we don’t need organised religion to lead a good and valued life. “It was a lovely tribute you paid to dad, it was as if you knew him….” “You were able to bring the right level of gravitas and humour to the ceremony which put us and all our friends and relatives at ease.”

If you simply want to celebrate the life of the deceased without organised religion, I am a Humanist Funerals Celebrant covering West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire

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Contact Simon on 01488 649564 or visit humanist.org.uk/simonhodkin

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