Bespoke Farewells By Sharon Bonthuys

05/12/2025

I had the honour of presenting a Thanksgiving ceremony remembering loved ones lost at the Dead End Coffee Club this week.

16/11/2025

Trip to Brisbane late last month to farewell a beautiful friend.

16/11/2025

I had the honour of officiating at this service last week in Narromine. So many people came to farewell a much loved local.

14/11/2025

Bit of a re-brand underway as I
take on more farewell ceremonies. Thanks for sticking with me!

23/07/2025

We need to talk more about this.

A will is probably one of the main things you think about when you start planning for the final stages of life...but there is so much more to it than paperwork. How we talk about and deal with death and grief isn't something we always face and there are concerted efforts in Australia to change that....

21/12/2024

These service medals had pride of place on the casket of a WWII veteran who passed away earlier this month.

The Australian flag was also on the casket, and the Narromine sub-branch of the RSL performed a poppy ceremony at the funeral on December 20.

Lest we forget.

03/11/2024

I was honoured to perform this memorial service for my dear friend and fellow writer, Sonja Grosser, on 2 November in Maitland.

If viewing the stream, the ceremony starts about 15 minutes into the broadcast.

Sonja Christine Helen Grosser Aged 72 Years formerly of Brisbane, Mount Gambier and the many other places where Sonja made her mark along the way.

13/09/2024

Preparing for another farewell of a much-loved person this afternoon in Narromine, with the ceremony exploring the French concept of ‘tu me manques’.

23/07/2024

Some wonderful and very useful tips from NALAG NSW for acknowledging and dealing with grief.

17/07/2024

Preparing for another farewell ceremony, and hoping the sun might fight its way through the rainy grey day.