The Tall Pine: Paul Donne - Funeral Celebrant

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The Tall Pine: Paul Donne - Funeral Celebrant

I am a fully qualified and accredited Funeral Celebrant, based in South Essex. How ever that takes shape...it's important that it feels 'just right'.

Trained by Greenfuse, I create and lead unique, heartfelt and beautiful Funerals and Interment of Ashes Ceremonies. Every Funeral Ceremony I create is a unique piece of work: A ceremony which reflects the life of the person who has died, whilst also acknowledging the emotion that comes with grieving their loss. Whether it's a guiding hand, or a fully-led Ceremony, I am happy to offer as much input and involvement as you feel is right for you and your family. My inspiration comes from their unique life and character, as well as your own treasured memories and stories that you share with me. I'll be happy to with meet you in your own home, your garden, perhaps a hotel even - or via a WhatsApp Video call when logistics, time, or other circumstances make it difficult to have an in-person meeting. However we meet though, you can be 100% reassured that my support will be right there, at every step, in the time we spend gently preparing everything and, of course, on the day of the Funeral itself. How I liaise with and work alongside the other Funeral Professionals who play an active part in making your loved one's Ceremony as special as possible, is paramount:

From Funeral Arrangers, Funeral Directors and Bearers, to Cematorium/Cemetery Teams and music/media providers, we work togdther as a team, ensuring that everythjng is as it should be, before we bring your loved one centre stage for one, final time. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if there is a Ceremony I can help you with .�

Paul.

07/11/2025

Yesterday afternoon at Forest Park, I led a beautiful Funeral for a wonderful gentleman of 90 who lived a long, successful life guided by that simple, timeless motto: 'Always treat others how you would wish to be treated yourself'.

Today, I received two separate e-mails of thanks from his lovely family:

'Hi Paul,

Thank you so much for everything that you did yesterday for me and my family. Your organisation and reading of the tributes was so professionally done. You are an exceptional person to be able to talk about our personal memories in such a caring way. You are providing a special service at a time when people are finding it hard to come to terms with their loss. Thank you again, John.'

'Evening Paul,

Just reflecting on yesterday, a massive big 'thank you'. Everyone mentioned how beautiful the service was and how wonderful you were. You will be highly recommended by us in the future. I wish you a lovely weekend Paul and thank you from the bottom of my heart for making our day so special. Love, Jan xx'

How lucky am I? 🥰

22/10/2025

A lovely celebration of life service for a near life-long Arsenal fan on my 12:00 service this afternoon. With the entry music of Louis Dunsford's 'The Angel' (North London Forever) the service was studded with some light-hearted football banter, witty Arsenal references, and more music associated to the team.

Dunmow Cremaatorium was, as always, looking nothing short of perfect, surrounded by rolling fields that stretch for miles.

Huge thanks to Liz and Molly there for their superb ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ support and attention to detail.

21/08/2025

A lovely sunny afternoon at GreenAcres Living Memorial Parks in Epping where I led the ceremony (with a few dashes of Greek) for a family saying a final farewell to their special Greek Cypriot gentleman. 🇬🇷 🇨🇾

No black today, and Patrick Peacock was gently following us around to ensure the preparations before we began were all to his satisfaction. ✅️

Patrick is really tame and we also fed him before the service.

18/08/2025

The sun may have decided to hide behind the clouds today, but it didn't stop the wall of colourful petunias lining the driveway from making an impression as I drove in to South Essex Crematorium. 🪷🌺💐

With a bit of time to spare until my late afternoon service, I took a couple of pictures before reading through my words over a nice coffee. ☕️

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Romford

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+447804946336

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http://www.thetallpine.com/

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