Coastal Celebrations

11/09/2024

A memorial service was held yesterday at Lake Macquarie Memorial Park in Ryhope, where family and friends gathered to honor their late loved one, sharing their love, stories, and cherished memories. The ashes were nestled amongst a beautifully arranged all-white floral display, featuring roses, lilies, and freesias, expertly crafted by LAFlowerland at Ourimbah. The release of doves, symbolizing a soul's peaceful journey after death, provided a fitting conclusion to the ceremony. Thankyou also goes to Julie Ferguson for her role as conductor today. We work so well together.
It was an honour to officiate.

23/07/2024

A memorial service is a beautiful way to bid farewell to loved ones, incorporating music, rituals, words, visuals, laughter, and stories shared. With 192 years between them, Richard and Shirley's memorial celebration of their lives will be unforgettable.
Remember, it's not the years in your life, it's the life in those years.

03/07/2024

I am resigning as a Marriage Celebrant (no. A7745) after nineteen years of presiding over countless beautiful weddings and forming lasting connections. My sincere appreciation goes to the AGD department, the Marriage and Celebrant section of the Registry Office, and my colleagues for their guidance and support. As I shift my focus to my work as a funeral Celebrant, I will continue to provide comfort and support to families through difficult times, celebrating life and death with ceremony and storytelling.
And lots of hugs! I feel totally blessed.
The music has ended but the melody lingers on. Glenda x

Funeral Celebrant.

11/08/2022

Picaluna proud! Three funerals this week for me. Venues at: a family home along the lake, a chapel with serene and peaceful gardens and a yacht club with, as you can imagine lots of boats bopping up and down in the water.
Picaluna do death differently.
Dare to be different!

04/12/2021

The ultimate in love and affection from Warwick for Elizabeth today at her memorial lunch. He thought of everything from her favourite colour purple being present in the bookmarks, place cards and flower arrangements and the special gift to each of the ladies, one of Elizabeth's cup and saucer sets. The choccies added a special touch. There was even an 'Elizabeth's favourite' on the sweet menu. Of course I chose that as most did. A truly beautiful day.

My role as Funeral Director with Picaluna Funerals and Funeral Celebrant is tough some days but days like today just warms my heart.
A lovely way to say goodbye.

07/10/2021

FEATURE: Picaluna Funeral Director and Celebrant, Glenda Davison talks about her work...

Glenda says: "Being a Funeral Director with Picaluna Funerals has given me the freedom to allow me to guide my families to celebrate their loved ones passing in a loving and meaningful way.

Life is meant to be celebrated and we do that through milestones;
birthdays, anniversaries, marriages, babies, new jobs, entering the housing market, just to name some.

But death should be celebrated as well;
through ritual, song, dance, spoken words, visual memories, laughs and most importantly; time!

Having been in the funeral industry as a Funeral Celebrant for fifteen years this is lacked in many funeral services. So, I am happy that I am now able to give my families peace of mind knowing that together with Picaluna we strive to give to each family our time!

“No matter how dark the moment, love and help are there”

Glenda June Davison
Funeral Director & Funeral Celebrant

20/08/2021

This is who we are. A group of like minded people who love people, ceremony, ritual, respect, family and who want to make a difference. We do this through our love and thorough togetherness of this Picaluna group of Funeral Directors and Funeral Celebrants.

PICALUNA is about community. Walking alongside the bereaved in their most significant time of need, is at the heart of what we do.

Guiding, listening and assisting others to create meaningful funerals is one of the many ways we serve our communities.

Every day, we have the privilege of hearing stories about the lives of those who have died and the ways their actions have impacted those around them.

It is a constant reminder that we have before us, ways of giving our best selves to our communities too.

How fortunate we are.


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