Over the last few years Tim Maguire has shared in three family occasions for our family. One wedding, which was beautiful and for the funeral services for my Dad and then Mum very recently.

It is true to say that Tim helped me to search for and see so many positives in a time that was full of pain and heartbreak for our family. Tim spoke so beautifully about our parents. He did, I am sure touch every soul in the chapel with his personal and heartfelt words. You did us proud Tim. You helped to make our day as positive a celebration as it could be.

Tim completed my Dad’s end of life celebration and what a celebration it was!

Tim took time with the family and Dad’s partner to really get to know my Dad and perfectly crafted a speech to reflect my Dad with all his quirks, qualities and our special memories of him.

Tim delivered the service with flair and had us all laughing, crying and reminiscing.

Thank you Tim for making the day so special. We had so many positive reactions to your ceremony and will continue to recommend you.

Tim did a great job of helping us prepare and carry out mum’s funeral service (June 2024). He was very sympathetic to and understanding of our requests throughout and worked hard to get the service just as mum had wanted it to be. He is a very calm and confident speaker and led the service extremely well with just the right balance of informality and respect. Afterwards many, many people told us they thought it was an excellent service and a very appropriate celebration of mum’s life. Thank you again Tim.

Dear Tim.

Would just like to say a massive Thank You for the service you did for my dad (05/07/24). From coming to the house and speaking with my mum and myself to find out about my Roy. The delivery on the day made me smile throughout the service which was a great way to see him off. So many people afterwards spoke to me about how wonderful they thought the service was. Once again a bit Thank You.

Alan

Dear Tim,

Thank you for delivering Christine’s service so perfectly on Friday. You made a difficult day just that bit easier and for that we are all very grateful.

There were lots of really lovely comments from those that attended on how kind and engaging you were. Everyone felt that the service was uplifting and contemporary and we are in no doubt that Christine would have approved too!

I hope you enjoy what is left of your weekend and once again our heartfelt thanks and appreciation.

Dear Tim

Thank you for the service at Mortonhall today. It was exactly like my mum Joan would have wanted it. There was laughter and tears and folks souls were touched. We celebrated her life and our stories of her were spoken by you with heartfelt candor.

Tusind tak Tim

Kærlig hilsen Sean

Dear Tim

Just to thank you for all your input and help

In the arrangements for John’s funeral I am sure he would have been most impressed with how you conducted the service as we all were .

As you said it was a happy service and it made the situation so much easier for everyone to deal with, I as one of his friends said to me after the service that was the John he knew and loved.

From start to finish, arranging the funeral service for our Dad with Tim was a seamless process. We were expecting our initial meeting with Tim to be a sad affair but he quickly put us at ease and instead had us reminiscing and even laughing at all the lovely memories he helped us to recall.

Tim’s communication in the run up to the funeral was prompt and he pulled together an excellent service, piecing together lots of aspects of our Dad’s life.

Tim did a great job on the day of the funeral. He has a lovely presenting style and, like others have said, we had many comments from guests about how uplifting it was – a real celebration of our Dad’s life.

Thank you Tim.

Dear Tim

Just wanted to say what a lovely service you provided for my amazing Dad. It was just what we wanted for an absolute gentlemen, the way you spoke about him made me feel at ease & the poem you added at the end was such a personal touch.

We had so many people come upto us after the service & days later to say that it was one of the nicest services they had ever been too, credit to you.

A funeral is something that no-one ever looks forward to – something that can leave a family numb. Thanks to Tim and his exceptional handling of the information that we had given him about my Uncle Jim, he managed to bring something extra special to what could have been such a sad occasion. We could have done nothing but cry but we left the chapel knowing that Tim had brought my Uncle back to life right there in the chapel, reminding us all of what a special man he was and leaving us with a warm happy glow knowing that this had been a life well celebrated. Every one commented on the wonderful service and indeed one guest commented that she hadn’t wanted to have a funeral for herself but after listening to Tim, she had changed her mind! This man has certainly found his vocation and I will always be glad that he was recommended to us. Grateful thanks.

Tim conducted the funeral service for my brother David warmly and professionally and even though he had never met David, managed to make it seem as if he was talking about a personal friend.

He managed very quickly to get a sense of David’s character and sense of humour and to convey it to those present.

Everyone in the family commented on how well Tim conducted the service and I would definitely recommend him to anyone looking for someone to conduct a service of any sort.

Tim, the Patterson family very much appreciated the friendly but professional way you conducted the service for John last Thursday 6th October 2022.

Your calm manner and well delivered words really helped us all through a difficult time. You gave my son the confidence to stand up and say his own words in tribute to his father and that will remain a special memory.

Before the funeral you helped to guide us through the unknown so we could rest assured all would be well on the day.

Thank you.