Testimonials

Mandy provided calm, compassionate and professional support from our first conversation to the day of the service. Her eulogy was sensitive, warm and exactly the right tribute to my father, and she made space for family contributions which meant so much to us. We couldn’t have asked for a better celebrant – thank you, Mandy.

Kindest regards – and thanks again
Adrian

Funeral

A heartfelt thank you to Mandy for the service she did for our Dad in Feb 2025. She’s a very special lady who has helped guide us through a very difficult time making it more bearable.

All our love and thanks
Mavis, Kim, Sue and all the family xxxx

Colin & Stephanie Webb
Wedding vow renewals – 2022

Mandy was recommended to us by a good friend and businessman who had plenty of previous dealing with Mandy and we were not disappointed.

From the beginning Mandy was friendly, very professional and very personable. We had an initial meeting in person to ensure the appointment of Mandy suited our needs and from then on the communication was fantastic. Mandy made it really easy for us to put together the vows taking in to account every last personal detail which made it really special for us.

On the day of the renewal Mandy was such a pleasure to be around, she even encouraged our (very shy) 8 year old daughter to step up to the front and deliver a beautiful poem with a round of applause – all lead by Mandy.

We still have very fond memories of our vow renewal and we would absolutely recommend Mandy for any special event!

Karen & Steve 2023 Wedding

Mandy was the celebrant at our wedding, we were recommended by a friend, she was great, very professional, flexible to our needs and an all round lovely lady.

Our ceremony went without a hitch (apart from the intended one) and we were so happy with the service she provided.

Couldn’t recommend Mandy enough!

Lydia & Billy – Wedding

Mandy such a wonderful celebrant and a true professional. She made our ceremony so special, she is very thorough in capturing our characters and how we want our ceremony to go. She goes the extra mile and even selected some poems for us to add to our ceremony which we loved. We cant recommend Mandy enough and we are so grateful she was part of our special day.

Tara Stevens and the rest of the family – Funeral

Mandy Buffery is such a kind caring soul, met her way back in 2021 when she did the service for my late mother, everything she put together was like she knew my mom personally, so easy to talk to, this is why we as a family didn’t hesitate to have her do my late fathers funeral, This year in April, again such a great service, and very easy to talk to, what a lovely lady, very professional….

Will never forget her kind soul thank you so much Mandy.

Vanessa & Family – Funeral

The first time we selected Mandy as our Celebrant was for my Auntie’s funeral in 2021. Mandy made a difficult and sad time so much easier as she was so kind, attentive and empathetic. Mandy’s great skill is her ability to listen and intuitively pick up on the traits and personality of your lost, loved one. She then reflects this in her Eulogy writing. When my father-in-law passed away in 2024, we asked Mandy to help us again – there was never a question that we would ask anybody else.
On both occasions, Mandy gently guided us and offered advice when we asked. Her attention to detail, prior to and during the service, was impressive.

At such an emotional time, Mandy offers support, guidance and an exceptional level of service.

Vanessa & Family xx

Pam & Family Funeral

As a family we found Mandy very understanding and easy to talk with about what we wanted, which enabled us to have a lovely service in memory of our loved one.

Everyone commented it was a true reflection of him.

Regards
Pam and family

“We first met Mandy a few months ago and since then she has conducted several funeral services for us. We have found her to be extremely efficient , conscientious and sensitive to the family in question needs. Our families have praised her visiting skills, her appearance , and the delivery of the service as a whole. We must make particular reference to a funeral service she conducted for us recently where the deceased gentleman was French. Mandy went to extreme lengths to learn part of the service in French and delivered it with ease and confidence which we know his relatives from France found extremely touching. Mandy is a lovely friendly confident lady who we feel is definitely in the right profession. We look forward to working with Mandy on many occasions to come in the future.”

With best wishes

Keith, Richard & Jayne at H Cope (CH) Ltd
June 2018

“Having just lost my Mother after a long slow battle with Dimentia, it was was with some trepidation that I started organising her funeral. J T Brookes Undertakers put Mandy Buffery forward as Celebrant to perform the service. Mandy was excellent, and Moms funeral was as we wanted, a celebration of her long and happy life, thank you Mandy”

Steve Hyde
June 2018

“When we lost our beloved Grandma, Kath aged 97 we really wanted her funeral to be special as she meant the world to us, Mandy helped to make this happen. From the moment she came into our house she was kind and helpful as well as offering lots of practical help. Her patience with writing the eulogy was incredible, at the age of 97 we had so many stories to tell about Kath and Mandy listened intently and was incredibly empathetic and kind. On the day of the funeral I knew we were in a safe pair of hands, she treated our Grandma along with all our family members with great compassion and respect. Her delivery of the eulogy and the way she conducted the service was pitched just right, we all cried and laughed together. I’m so happy that we found Mandy, I know Kath would have liked her, we will be eternally grateful for her support and kindness at such a difficult time. Thank you Mandy”

Louise
April 2018

“Mandy was introduced to us through the Co-op funeral directors. My Auntie had passed and her only son had mental health needs.
From the first phone call, the first visit, Mandy acted in a friendly sympathetic professional way, Mandy provided ideas to my cousin to help him get confidence to decide what he wanted for his mum’s funeral. Mandy kept in contact making sure we were happy with the order of service. The funeral service went as well as expected.”

Well done.

Thank you Mandy Buffery

March 2018

“Our funeral directors W H Scott’s arranged for us to meet Mandy. We had thick snow on the ground and Mandy still made it to our house to sit and talk to us about the loss of our Dad. Mandy made the service very personal and included all members of the family in her reading. Mandy is friendly and extremely sympathetic. She contacted us the week after the funeral to see how we were all getting on. I must say that she made an unpleasant experience easier to cope with. I would highly recommend Mandy as your funeral celebrant.”

Debbie Stevens
December 2017

“Mandy Buffery acted as our Funeral Celebrant for the funeral of our beloved mom in August 2017. Sadly our moms passing was a big shock to our family and working with Mandy during the process of organising her funeral was made much easier by her kind and caring way. Mandy gave us advice and guided us through what seemed to be a daunting task at the time and her empathy helped us a great deal. Mandy was very organised and professional on the day and she delivered a wonderful service for which we are grateful.”

Thank you Mandy for your kindness.

Jacqui Land Keavney
August 2017

“I found Mandy through the funeral directors’ Inces of Bewdley. We met up and Mandy was friendly and respectful at all time. She listened to what I had to say and this was obvious as the ceremony it’s self was lovely and personal and captured his personality beautifully. I would highly recommend Mandy.”

Sian Jones, Three Roses Home
March 2017