Funerals
Some of the kind feedback we have been sent by our clients during the last few years
Funeral 2024
Hi Julie, we just wanted to offer my sincere thanks for the excellent service for our Dad today. Everything was planned and executed perfectly and we couldn’t have been more satisfied with the service provided. We loved that we had so much time and never felt rushed, and that you had taken so much trouble to compose and deliver such a personal tribute. (you were brilliant). It sounds odd to say but we actually found the whole event both enjoyable and uplifting, a really lovely tribute to a great man, and not nearly as sad as we had expected it to be. It was, as we had wanted, a celebration of his long and remarkable life and we enjoyed the chances to meet with his former colleagues and friends.
We would not hesitate to use your services again should the need arise in the future,.
Thanks again for your extremely professional and attention throughout!
Alastair, Doug, Stuart and Vyvyan- Burgess Hill
Funeral 2023
Hi Julie, Just a quick message to say thanks for everything on Friday. It was a beautiful day. Thank you for the wonderful way in which you led the service and for your patience and professionalism.
It will be a day I look back on with fond memories. Take care.
Simon - Lancing
Funeral 2023
I would like to say a personal thank you from Dee & myself for the way that you conducted my mother’s service on the 26th May at Worthing Crematorium. It was perfect. Your manner & tone were ‘spot on’ as is the fashionable phrase nowadays. The ‘hiccup’ with the music was hilarious. Although there were not many people in attendance, they all commented on the content. My mother would have a little smile on her face in feeling rather special.
Thank you once again for your attention.
Robin - Worthing
Funeral 2023
Everyone said it was such a lovely service, and I was so pleased you put across what an interesting life our Mum had led in her younger years. I will always be grateful to you for making the process as relaxed as possible at such a difficult time for me, and could not have wished for anyone better to have carried out the service for us. Very best regards
Di - Worthing
Funeral 2023
Just wanted to say thank you for leading us through our service this afternoon. Everybody said what a lovely service it was. Thank you for the help and advice you gave my step son and myself in putting it all together, your assistance was invaluable. There were many positive family comments about the day, so many thanks to you.
John and Craig - Sompting
Funeral 2023
Dear Julie, On behalf of our family, I would like to say thank you for delivering a beautiful service in respect of our mother Ena.. It was also lovely the way that you managed to weave her life in with dads, especially your final comments and I know that this brought comfort for us all. Thank you once again. With kind regards,
Julie, Jackie and Michael - Worthing
Funeral 2022
My name is Logan, my uncle unfortunately passed away 6 weeks ago, and I had this amazing celebrant called Julie.
She is amazing, she was so polite, she took time to dedicate the funeral and the words to what he enjoyed, she congratulated me afterwards for taking part. It was the best thing, she was very understanding, and I highly suggest Julie Le Manquais if you wish to go through a girl, she is a super nice woman and that is exactly what my uncle would have wanted. He would have wanted a nice, understanding lady who myself and our party of mourners enjoyed. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to her, and how she talked about that being his shell, she comforted me so much. As a young nephew of the late Darren, I speak for all of us who went to the funeral, you were amazing Julie. I highly recommend you to anyone else planning a funeral. Understanding, Smiley, Dedicated, and Sophisticated.
She delivered the service beautifully, and I feel warm inside, and reassured that my uncle has been delivered to my late grandad, and those up there, reassuring him that it will be okay. Without her, I would have felt a lot worse. She made it feel like a really good day, apart from dwelling on the fact that my uncle has unfortunately passed away. I didn't feel scared, I felt reassured that my uncle has been delivered a nice spot in afterlife, thanks to her, and the whole of Ian Hart Funeral Directors. If my uncle was still here, he would be thanking Julie so much for keeping me and my family happy throughout the service, thank you from myself and us all, for sending my uncle off.
Logan Age 12
Funeral 2022
Thank you so much for the way in which you helped Mum and I create a wonderful service for my Dad. We both appreciate your knowledgeable input into the order of service and the practicalities, keeping us on track so that it all came together so well yesterday. We are also very grateful for the warmth of your address, helping to make the connection with our family in New Zealand and making our individual contributions flow together so well.
It was exactly what we had hoped it would be. With best wishes,
Clare - Horsham
Funeral 2022
Now a little bit of the dust has settled, I just wanted to say a proper thankyou to you for conducting Maurice's service so beautifully and for making it so personal. As I walked into the chapel it was a flight or fight moment and your comment of 'we can do this' was perfect! The response from many members of the congregation was surprising, firstly the spontaneous applause and then the number of people who said it was the best funeral they'd been to!
I think he would have been very pleased. Thank you so much.
Sue -Rustington
Funeral 2022
We just wanted to drop you a line to say “thank-you” for leading Reg’s funeral last week. We thought the service captured the essence of uncle and also his love for his beloved Doreen. Everyone at the reception commented on what a lovely way it was to say goodbye to Reg. Once again, many thanks. Kind regards,
Graeme & Sue - Horsham
Funeral 2022
Words cannot express how grateful we all are to you for making the funeral of first our Mum, and then our Dad, so straight forward and seamless. Your guidance through those sad, very difficult months has made the whole process from start to finish very easy, and has taken a lot of the stress from us. We will be forever grateful to you.
Nova, Mark, Ian and Stephen - Shoreham
Funeral 2022
Thank you so much for creating the wonderful funeral service for my Mum Florence. You managed to strike just the right balance between easing our loss and celebrating my mum's long life. You have been a pleasure to deal with, being caring as well as professional and I have would have no hesitation in recommending your services to others
in sad and difficult circumstances. Kind regards
Andy - Goring, Worthing
Funeral 2022
Hi Julie, Just wanted to tell you what a wonderful job you did for us. You were absolutely fantastic and it felt like you were one of us. The day was a bit of a blur for me but I have watched the recording many times and it warms my heart to see my Julie’s wishes enacted so beautifully by another wonderful Julie. God Bless you.
Mike - Pulborough
Funeral 2022
Julie, Thank you so very much for helping us make dad's last farewell so incredibly special.
Your help, support and kindness is very much appreciated. You are very much part of the family.
Even though dad never met you in person he would certainly have approved of your company.
Thank you so much for making a very difficult time so much easier for us all to get through.
Good day Julie, Thank you so so much for the beautiful service you gave for my dad , I've had a number of people who were watching the live broadcast saying how beautiful the service was. They were pleased to have been able to take part .
You have done us all proud and our dad would have been thrilled . Thank you
We will always remember you and your kindness.
Regards Pam and Charmaine - Lancing
Funeral 2022
Every one keeps telling us what a beautiful service it was and a big part of that was down to you Thank you.
Kind regards Sue - Lancing
Funeral 2022
I wanted to thank you and the rest of the team for today. It went really well - thanks for all your planning.
One of mum’s friends said to me “This is a strange thing to say…but it was the best funeral I have been to”
Thanks again, Mark, Lisa and family - Leatherhead
Funeral 2022
Thank you for making our dad’s funeral so special. You are truly talented at what you do and without a doubt a cut above the rest. In addition to the comments below I received a lot of verbal praise about the service, including personal comments about how professional and respectful you and our Funeral Director were.
I also know for a fact that between us we have made a lot of people re-think funerals.
Comments below:
Hi I have just watched the video. The ceremony was beautiful.
It was such a lovely day and I was so happy to be able to be part of it.
Thank you for yesterday, it was a sad occasion but also lovely. Uncle Ben would have been proud!
I just wanted to say that yesterday was the nicest service I've attended.
You all did a brilliant job and of course Uncle Ben would have been very proud.
I’ve never been to a more cheerful and positive funeral. It really was a tribute and celebration of who and what your Dad was. I think you did an amazing job of organising yesterday’s send-off for your Dad. I know it’s a strange thing to say but it was the best funeral I’ve ever been to; it was truly a celebration of his life.
Thank you again we will always be grateful for what you helped us achieve, a fitting funeral for our precious father.
Amanda, Suzette and Mum Enid - Worthing
Funeral 2022
Dear Julie, On behalf of the family, I am writing to say thank you so much for the lovely service that you delivered for my father Reg yesterday. So many people came up to us afterwards and said what a lovely service it was and that it really reflected my father's life. Thank you.
Julie -Worthing
Funeral 2021
Dear Julie, Thank you so much from all the family for a lovely and spot on service for Roy.
We had loads of complements for the service. Many thanks again
Sue, Martin and family - Sompting
Funeral 2021
Hi Julie, I just wanted to drop you an email to say a HUGE thank you for the beautiful service you did for Mum yesterday. Everyone commented on how lovely and personal it was we could not have asked for more, you made a very emotional day as special as mum was to all of us. Thank you again
Louise & all the family - Worthing
Funeral 2021
Dear Julie, Many thanks for all your work helping to plan my sister's funeral. The funeral was quite the best I've ever attended. The other mourners were also full of admiration for the way in which you conducted the service.
My brother in law now wants you to conduct his funeral too! Once again, many thanks for your wonderful service.
Kind regards. Helen (Sarisbury Green near Southampton)
Funeral 2021
Hi Julie, Just wanted to thank you for today and for a very lovely and sensitive service for David. I have had so many messages from people all over the world saying what a lovely service it was. Everyone saw it as a lovely tribute to a lovely man and I thank you and the Funeral Directors for that.. My best wishes to you, Chris
Funeral 2021
Dear Julie, My thanks for a lovely service for Grace. It was watched in South Africa, Canada, the Shetlands, France Shropshire and Wokingham. You now have an International audience, well done again
Best Regards Mike
Probate
On behalf of my sister and myself, I'd like to thank you both for your continued assistance with our late mother's Probate.
We were so fortunate to have found you. You've been professional throughout the whole process and made the whole difficult task so much easier for us during what was a sometimes a painful and distressing time. Having that immediate contact by email to offer support and advice, especially with myself living abroad, was a great reassurance
and carried us through until the end. We cannot recommend you highly enough.
Wishing you both all the best for the future. Thank you so much.
Julian and Pippa - Czech Republic and Camborne
Funeral and Lasting Power of Attorneys
After a long painful battle my Dad passed away. I contacted JLM Connects (having never arranged a funeral
before, I was totally green)! I have to say your head is a bit all over the place at this time. Julie could not have been
more helpful and led myself, along with my Brother and Sister, through the stages of what needed to be done.
Julie conducted our Dads service, and how beautiful it was. She has little caring touches that we had not seen before.
Our Mum is a very particular person and wanted everything to be just lovely for Dad. They had been together for 77
years and inseparable. Mum could not stop talking about the service. She was full of praise for Julie for conducting
such a beautiful flowing service. Julie also lead our chosen hymns. She stepped back from the mic and we heard a beautiful background soprano voice, which everyone appreciated. She has an efficient, caring, lovely way about her, and the service was beautifully written and spoken. Afterwards we discovered that her business partner Matt, could assist
Mum in the setting up Lasting Power of Attorneys. We hadn't realised just how important these are to have in place
for our Mum, and that they could be set up at a reasonable cost, due to Matt's assistance. We cannot praise
JLM Connects enough, and we asked them to put our thanks on their website.
Thank you so much, Gillian, Mum, Stephen, Jean and family.
Some of the kind feedback we have been sent by our clients during the last few years
Funeral 2024
Hi Julie, we just wanted to offer my sincere thanks for the excellent service for our Dad today. Everything was planned and executed perfectly and we couldn’t have been more satisfied with the service provided. We loved that we had so much time and never felt rushed, and that you had taken so much trouble to compose and deliver such a personal tribute. (you were brilliant). It sounds odd to say but we actually found the whole event both enjoyable and uplifting, a really lovely tribute to a great man, and not nearly as sad as we had expected it to be. It was, as we had wanted, a celebration of his long and remarkable life and we enjoyed the chances to meet with his former colleagues and friends.
We would not hesitate to use your services again should the need arise in the future,.
Thanks again for your extremely professional and attention throughout!
Alastair, Doug, Stuart and Vyvyan- Burgess Hill
Funeral 2023
Hi Julie, Just a quick message to say thanks for everything on Friday. It was a beautiful day. Thank you for the wonderful way in which you led the service and for your patience and professionalism.
It will be a day I look back on with fond memories. Take care.
Simon - Lancing
Funeral 2023
I would like to say a personal thank you from Dee & myself for the way that you conducted my mother’s service on the 26th May at Worthing Crematorium. It was perfect. Your manner & tone were ‘spot on’ as is the fashionable phrase nowadays. The ‘hiccup’ with the music was hilarious. Although there were not many people in attendance, they all commented on the content. My mother would have a little smile on her face in feeling rather special.
Thank you once again for your attention.
Robin - Worthing
Funeral 2023
Everyone said it was such a lovely service, and I was so pleased you put across what an interesting life our Mum had led in her younger years. I will always be grateful to you for making the process as relaxed as possible at such a difficult time for me, and could not have wished for anyone better to have carried out the service for us. Very best regards
Di - Worthing
Funeral 2023
Just wanted to say thank you for leading us through our service this afternoon. Everybody said what a lovely service it was. Thank you for the help and advice you gave my step son and myself in putting it all together, your assistance was invaluable. There were many positive family comments about the day, so many thanks to you.
John and Craig - Sompting
Funeral 2023
Dear Julie, On behalf of our family, I would like to say thank you for delivering a beautiful service in respect of our mother Ena.. It was also lovely the way that you managed to weave her life in with dads, especially your final comments and I know that this brought comfort for us all. Thank you once again. With kind regards,
Julie, Jackie and Michael - Worthing
Funeral 2022
My name is Logan, my uncle unfortunately passed away 6 weeks ago, and I had this amazing celebrant called Julie.
She is amazing, she was so polite, she took time to dedicate the funeral and the words to what he enjoyed, she congratulated me afterwards for taking part. It was the best thing, she was very understanding, and I highly suggest Julie Le Manquais if you wish to go through a girl, she is a super nice woman and that is exactly what my uncle would have wanted. He would have wanted a nice, understanding lady who myself and our party of mourners enjoyed. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to her, and how she talked about that being his shell, she comforted me so much. As a young nephew of the late Darren, I speak for all of us who went to the funeral, you were amazing Julie. I highly recommend you to anyone else planning a funeral. Understanding, Smiley, Dedicated, and Sophisticated.
She delivered the service beautifully, and I feel warm inside, and reassured that my uncle has been delivered to my late grandad, and those up there, reassuring him that it will be okay. Without her, I would have felt a lot worse. She made it feel like a really good day, apart from dwelling on the fact that my uncle has unfortunately passed away. I didn't feel scared, I felt reassured that my uncle has been delivered a nice spot in afterlife, thanks to her, and the whole of Ian Hart Funeral Directors. If my uncle was still here, he would be thanking Julie so much for keeping me and my family happy throughout the service, thank you from myself and us all, for sending my uncle off.
Logan Age 12
Funeral 2022
Thank you so much for the way in which you helped Mum and I create a wonderful service for my Dad. We both appreciate your knowledgeable input into the order of service and the practicalities, keeping us on track so that it all came together so well yesterday. We are also very grateful for the warmth of your address, helping to make the connection with our family in New Zealand and making our individual contributions flow together so well.
It was exactly what we had hoped it would be. With best wishes,
Clare - Horsham
Funeral 2022
Now a little bit of the dust has settled, I just wanted to say a proper thankyou to you for conducting Maurice's service so beautifully and for making it so personal. As I walked into the chapel it was a flight or fight moment and your comment of 'we can do this' was perfect! The response from many members of the congregation was surprising, firstly the spontaneous applause and then the number of people who said it was the best funeral they'd been to!
I think he would have been very pleased. Thank you so much.
Sue -Rustington
Funeral 2022
We just wanted to drop you a line to say “thank-you” for leading Reg’s funeral last week. We thought the service captured the essence of uncle and also his love for his beloved Doreen. Everyone at the reception commented on what a lovely way it was to say goodbye to Reg. Once again, many thanks. Kind regards,
Graeme & Sue - Horsham
Funeral 2022
Words cannot express how grateful we all are to you for making the funeral of first our Mum, and then our Dad, so straight forward and seamless. Your guidance through those sad, very difficult months has made the whole process from start to finish very easy, and has taken a lot of the stress from us. We will be forever grateful to you.
Nova, Mark, Ian and Stephen - Shoreham
Funeral 2022
Thank you so much for creating the wonderful funeral service for my Mum Florence. You managed to strike just the right balance between easing our loss and celebrating my mum's long life. You have been a pleasure to deal with, being caring as well as professional and I have would have no hesitation in recommending your services to others
in sad and difficult circumstances. Kind regards
Andy - Goring, Worthing
Funeral 2022
Hi Julie, Just wanted to tell you what a wonderful job you did for us. You were absolutely fantastic and it felt like you were one of us. The day was a bit of a blur for me but I have watched the recording many times and it warms my heart to see my Julie’s wishes enacted so beautifully by another wonderful Julie. God Bless you.
Mike - Pulborough
Funeral 2022
Julie, Thank you so very much for helping us make dad's last farewell so incredibly special.
Your help, support and kindness is very much appreciated. You are very much part of the family.
Even though dad never met you in person he would certainly have approved of your company.
Thank you so much for making a very difficult time so much easier for us all to get through.
Good day Julie, Thank you so so much for the beautiful service you gave for my dad , I've had a number of people who were watching the live broadcast saying how beautiful the service was. They were pleased to have been able to take part .
You have done us all proud and our dad would have been thrilled . Thank you
We will always remember you and your kindness.
Regards Pam and Charmaine - Lancing
Funeral 2022
Every one keeps telling us what a beautiful service it was and a big part of that was down to you Thank you.
Kind regards Sue - Lancing
Funeral 2022
I wanted to thank you and the rest of the team for today. It went really well - thanks for all your planning.
One of mum’s friends said to me “This is a strange thing to say…but it was the best funeral I have been to”
Thanks again, Mark, Lisa and family - Leatherhead
Funeral 2022
Thank you for making our dad’s funeral so special. You are truly talented at what you do and without a doubt a cut above the rest. In addition to the comments below I received a lot of verbal praise about the service, including personal comments about how professional and respectful you and our Funeral Director were.
I also know for a fact that between us we have made a lot of people re-think funerals.
Comments below:
Hi I have just watched the video. The ceremony was beautiful.
It was such a lovely day and I was so happy to be able to be part of it.
Thank you for yesterday, it was a sad occasion but also lovely. Uncle Ben would have been proud!
I just wanted to say that yesterday was the nicest service I've attended.
You all did a brilliant job and of course Uncle Ben would have been very proud.
I’ve never been to a more cheerful and positive funeral. It really was a tribute and celebration of who and what your Dad was. I think you did an amazing job of organising yesterday’s send-off for your Dad. I know it’s a strange thing to say but it was the best funeral I’ve ever been to; it was truly a celebration of his life.
Thank you again we will always be grateful for what you helped us achieve, a fitting funeral for our precious father.
Amanda, Suzette and Mum Enid - Worthing
Funeral 2022
Dear Julie, On behalf of the family, I am writing to say thank you so much for the lovely service that you delivered for my father Reg yesterday. So many people came up to us afterwards and said what a lovely service it was and that it really reflected my father's life. Thank you.
Julie -Worthing
Funeral 2021
Dear Julie, Thank you so much from all the family for a lovely and spot on service for Roy.
We had loads of complements for the service. Many thanks again
Sue, Martin and family - Sompting
Funeral 2021
Hi Julie, I just wanted to drop you an email to say a HUGE thank you for the beautiful service you did for Mum yesterday. Everyone commented on how lovely and personal it was we could not have asked for more, you made a very emotional day as special as mum was to all of us. Thank you again
Louise & all the family - Worthing
Funeral 2021
Dear Julie, Many thanks for all your work helping to plan my sister's funeral. The funeral was quite the best I've ever attended. The other mourners were also full of admiration for the way in which you conducted the service.
My brother in law now wants you to conduct his funeral too! Once again, many thanks for your wonderful service.
Kind regards. Helen (Sarisbury Green near Southampton)
Funeral 2021
Hi Julie, Just wanted to thank you for today and for a very lovely and sensitive service for David. I have had so many messages from people all over the world saying what a lovely service it was. Everyone saw it as a lovely tribute to a lovely man and I thank you and the Funeral Directors for that.. My best wishes to you, Chris
Funeral 2021
Dear Julie, My thanks for a lovely service for Grace. It was watched in South Africa, Canada, the Shetlands, France Shropshire and Wokingham. You now have an International audience, well done again
Best Regards Mike
Probate
On behalf of my sister and myself, I'd like to thank you both for your continued assistance with our late mother's Probate.
We were so fortunate to have found you. You've been professional throughout the whole process and made the whole difficult task so much easier for us during what was a sometimes a painful and distressing time. Having that immediate contact by email to offer support and advice, especially with myself living abroad, was a great reassurance
and carried us through until the end. We cannot recommend you highly enough.
Wishing you both all the best for the future. Thank you so much.
Julian and Pippa - Czech Republic and Camborne
Funeral and Lasting Power of Attorneys
After a long painful battle my Dad passed away. I contacted JLM Connects (having never arranged a funeral
before, I was totally green)! I have to say your head is a bit all over the place at this time. Julie could not have been
more helpful and led myself, along with my Brother and Sister, through the stages of what needed to be done.
Julie conducted our Dads service, and how beautiful it was. She has little caring touches that we had not seen before.
Our Mum is a very particular person and wanted everything to be just lovely for Dad. They had been together for 77
years and inseparable. Mum could not stop talking about the service. She was full of praise for Julie for conducting
such a beautiful flowing service. Julie also lead our chosen hymns. She stepped back from the mic and we heard a beautiful background soprano voice, which everyone appreciated. She has an efficient, caring, lovely way about her, and the service was beautifully written and spoken. Afterwards we discovered that her business partner Matt, could assist
Mum in the setting up Lasting Power of Attorneys. We hadn't realised just how important these are to have in place
for our Mum, and that they could be set up at a reasonable cost, due to Matt's assistance. We cannot praise
JLM Connects enough, and we asked them to put our thanks on their website.
Thank you so much, Gillian, Mum, Stephen, Jean and family.