24/12/2025
🕯️ A moment of remembrance this Christmas 🕯️
For many, Christmas is a time of gathering, light, and tradition.
For others, it can be a quieter season — one that carries absence, reflection, and love that continues in new ways.
For families who have lost someone they cherish, this time of year can feel tender and overwhelming.
It may be your first Christmas without them, or your second, or your tenth — and we understand that time does not necessarily make it easier. The love remains, and so does the ache of missing them.
We are honored to walk beside families during moments of farewell. As Christmas approaches, we pause to remember the lives entrusted to our care this year, and the families who continue to carry them in their hearts.
We remember:
Marilyn Ann Thorpe 🕯️
Ian Roger Launer 🕯️
Daphne Olive Fieldhouse 🕯️
Joshua Douglas Fenton 🕯️
Donald James Lester (Don) 🕯️
Valda Carter 🕯️
Ross Lynton Roocke 🕯️
Daniel Lee Harrison (“DJ”) 🕯️
Jennifer Elbe 🕯️
Leslie Joseph Davoren (Les) 🕯️
Christine Mary Kunze (née Holley) 🕯️
Andrea Mary Slattery 🕯️
Sursati Devi Hill 🕯️
Rodney Ronald Hancock 🕯️
Lydia Hedwig Zalitis 🕯️
Wayne Couzner 🕯️
Judith Anna Stanley 🕯️
Kyle Adam Brown 🕯️
Alexzander William Patfield 🕯️
Jeffrey Raymond Schmidt 🕯️
Colin Alexander Francis Brooks 🕯️
Peter John Wenke (“Wenks”) 🕯️
Josephine Ann Cluse 🕯️
Brian David Latz 🕯️
Berna Dorey Allen 🕯️
Shane Philip Mann 🕯️
Brian Mervyn Schiller (“Budgie”) 🕯️
Muriel Mona Olsson 🕯️
Kelvin Maurice Schulz 🕯️
Shirley Winifred Caulfield 🕯️
Margaret Ann Noack 🕯️
Gaylene Joye Roos 🕯️
Pauline Agnes Miller 🕯️
Neil William Ball 🕯️
Paul Victor Hutchins 🕯️
Heather Maureen Hampel 🕯️
Gregory James Madigan 🕯️
Joanne Fay Austin 🕯️
Graeme James Waldhuter (“Wally”) 🕯️
Hendrik Anton Delen (“Hank”) 🕯️
Geoffrey John Slater (“Rocky”) 🕯️
Gregory Robert Noble (“Greg”) 🕯️
Jane Annette Suckley 🕯️
Paul Joseph Schimanski 🕯️
Shayne Travis Grieger 🕯️
Ada van Kampen 🕯️
Janice Maxine Schupelius (née White) 🕯️
Matthew Lee Reimann 🕯️
Darren Monte Pollard 🕯️
Audrey Swanston 🕯️
Gillian Ann Samson (Virgin) 🕯️
Trevor Jon Hanton 🕯️
Mary Redmond (née Jackman) 🕯️
Julie Catherine Faulkner 🕯️
William Adams (“Bill”) 🕯️
John Cecil Kernich 🕯️
Charmaine Elizabeth Barber 🕯️
Pauline Denise Harmer 🕯️
Rhoda Joyce Frances Hollitt 🕯️
Duncan Osborne 🕯️
Bobby John Jackson 🕯️
Raymond James Helmore (“Jimmy”) 🕯️
Peter William Dickeson 🕯️
Maurice Russell Butterfield 🕯️
Skye Lee-Anne Margaret McKray 🕯️
Catherine Mavis O’Toole 🕯️
Barry Michael Leslie Reynolds 🕯️
Patricia Mary Buscumb 🕯️
Barry Francis Slattery 🕯️
Kenneth James Bell 🕯️
Nelson James Curyer 🕯️
Mary Kathleen Fielding 🕯️
Lynette Coral Curtis (née McNeill) 🕯️
Suzanne Rachel Stacey (née Ralphs) 🕯️
Leanne Joy Wortley 🕯️
Coral Nan Wilson (née Roos) 🕯️
Dawn Filipek (née Hyde) 🕯️
John Edward Greening 🕯️
Russell Stuart Johnstone 🕯️
Adrian Steinert 🕯️
Barbara Simon 🕯️
Marnie Ronan 🕯️
Elsie Hough 🕯️
Colin De La Rue 🕯️
Paul Andrew Reynolds 🕯️
Bertram Thomas Willis 🕯️
Thelma Margaret Thompson 🕯️
Pauline Joy Andrewartha 🕯️
Steven John Morris 🕯️
Denise Fay Tracey 🕯️
Tito Isidro Molina 🕯️
Christopher Charles Neill 🕯️
Murray Frederick Kleeman 🕯️
Jennifer Claire Kain 🕯️
Elizabeth Lakatos 🕯️
Scott James Morris 🕯️
Gweneth Theresa Williams (“Gwen”) 🕯️
Graham Edward Curtis 🕯️
We also hold in our thoughts the many families whose farewells were private, quiet goodbyes, private funerals, and private cremations, each life remembered with care, dignity, and respect.
If this season feels heavy, please know you are not alone.
There is no right or wrong way to move through grief, and it’s okay to take Christmas at your own pace.
From our family to yours, we hold you gently in our thoughts this Christmas 🤍
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Country Road Funerals