Jenny Baron - Funeral Celebrant

04/10/2025

I’ve posted about pacemakers for dogs before but I’m glad to see that word is spreading ❤️‍🩹🐾

✨ A happy ending to share…
Did you know that pacemakers can be donated?
A few weeks ago, a beautiful man passed away unexpectedly. As funeral directors, we carefully ask about pacemakers on paperwork, as they must be removed before cremation. In this case, his family asked if the pacemaker could be returned, after hearing that a local vet was seeking one.
Meet Biscuit, a 7-year-old golden retriever with an underdeveloped AV node in her heart. The donated pacemaker/defibrillator turned out to be exactly what she needed. Remarkably, the manufacturer’s monitoring software could be adapted for animals. While many human devices wouldn’t work for pets, this one did.
Now Biscuit has a second chance at life. And for the late pacemaker owner’s family, it brings comfort knowing that his pacemaker went on to give life to a dog he would have adored.
Perhaps this can open doors for more animals in need. 🐾❤️

24/07/2025

I found this read from Bianca Dye, Radio presenter, interesting! I agree with having the likes of James Earl Jones voicing audiobooks etc - love his voice!
I disagree with her opinion though on finding what she calls “the new trend” (news to me!) of people recording a video before they die and having it played at their funeral. She calls it weird and creepy. I personally think it’s a beautiful idea but that’s just me 🤷‍♀️
What are your thoughts? I’m interested to know!

https://thebigsmoke.com.au/2024/08/23/ai-returns-dead-celebrities-to-read-to-us-and-i-am-so-here-for-it/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLufF1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuIeLjC0TCu5Nxio1c8MhWOxAihxF4KTuFcxrAjaiMdmzu1u1nOcz-n-PBGb_aem_fwG8cb55NFgTG65HkyIqLg

Bianca Dye has no problem with AI being used to voice dead celebrities, and she has hopes and plans for her own voice, once the time comes…

04/07/2025

*Trigger warning*

If you or someone you know has suffered the grief (there needs to be a better word but words are hard to find at any stage of loss 💔) of losing a pre-term baby, or a miscarriage, you may or may not be aware of the “Recognition Certificate” available from WA Births Deaths and Marriages.

Birth certificates are only issued for babies born at 20 weeks or more, or weighing 400gms or more.

I attended a Professional Development Day for Funeral Celebrants recently and spoke about this option and was surprised the other attendees were unaware the certificate was available, some of whom had suffered the same loss. The certificate has only been available for the past ten years. If this is something you would like to find out more about, I’ve provided the link below.
There is also a link to support available through King Edward Memorial Hospital where both my pre-term babies survived and I’m truly blessed.

Sending unending love to those I know who travel this path ❤️‍🩹💔

Speak their names 👣👩‍🍼🧑‍🍼👼👼🤍
The application can be made through the following web address:

www.wa.gov.au/service/justice/civil-law/birth-registration-and-certificates

There are two certificate designs to choose from, and parents can select one on the application form.
The certificate is free of charge.
The Recognition Certificate is not a legal document and cannot be used for official purposes.

KEMH:

https://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Pregnancy-and-Birth/Pregnancy-loss/Perinatal-Loss

28/06/2025

27/06/2025

This year’s “Dying to Know Day” is 8th August 2025.
Here is the link to the very informative resources to help have those difficult conversations 👇

https://proveda.com.au/community-programs/dying-to-know/

And no I’m not sure who to leave my huge vinyl collection to yet 😅🎶
Any takers? 😎💃🕺🏻🎸

Dying to Know is a national campaign to inspire you to begin to prepare for the inevitable, not with fear, but with purpose, love, and a sense of legacy. ​

05/06/2025

https://www.encompassceremoniesbyjenny.com.au/services/funerals/

Are you looking for someone to conduct the funeral or burial service, memorial or living wake - please get in touch with me. I am celebrant based in Parth, WA and will be happy to help.

29/05/2025

Two years today 💔
So many beautiful tributes and kind words then and still now ❤️‍🩹
Forever in our hearts and memories Doug Golding 🏌🏻👑

27/05/2025

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15/05/2025

In my role as a Funeral Celebrant, I recently attended an excellent webinar on Voluntary Assisted Dying now that it is a legal option in Western Australia.
I applaud Robert Walls’ brave decision to choose how his journey ended.
I’m an advocate for Living Wakes, where the terminally ill can arrange and attend their own “farewell party” and see and hear everything that is normally saved for their funeral.
I’m available to answer any questions on Living Wakes, and happy to direct anyone to the relevant team of wonderful people who assist in the process of VAD.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1321044/robert-walls-wallsys-touching-final-gift-to-his-beloved-carlton-blues/amp

Vale Robert Walls 👏💙🖤

Despite a connection with four clubs, Carlton was always Robert Walls' true home

15/05/2025

This ❤️‍🩹

If I could give you one piece of advice to hold in your heart, it would be this: appreciate every second you have with the things you love—whether they’re places, objects, or people. Because there is a last time for everything, and you don’t always know it’s the last time when you’re living it.

There will be a last time you see a sunrise.
A last time you taste ice cream.
A last time you smell a rose.

There will be a last time you enter every room, a last time you hold every pet, and a last time you hear a loved one’s voice.

Sometimes, we know we’re in those moments, and we savor them fully—letting the beauty of the experience sink deep into our souls. But so often, we don’t realize it’s the last time until it’s gone. Until it’s too late to go back and relive it.

That’s why it’s so important to hold onto those moments while you have them. Live inside them. Breathe them in completely. Appreciate them to their fullest every single time, so you’ll never regret taking them for granted when they’re gone.

Because here’s the truth: life moves quickly. Moments slip through our fingers before we even realize they’ve passed. And while we can’t stop time, we can choose how we show up for it.

So pay attention. Be present. Love deeply.

Let the sunrises take your breath away.
Let the sweetness of ice cream remind you of childhood joy.
Let the scent of roses linger in your memory long after they’ve faded.

Because someday, these small, beautiful moments will be what you miss most.

❤️

02/12/2024

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