The Funeral Planner

08/05/2026

Meet one of our celebrants - Danni Marchant 🌟

Guided by her own experiences with grief and loss, Danni was drawn to the funeral industry with a heartfelt desire to support families in creating meaningful, life‑honouring farewells. Her approach is grounded in compassion, connection and celebrating the unique story of each life lived.

A qualified Civil Celebrant specialising in the funeral industry since 2013, Danni’s management qualifications complement her professional, caring approach to services across the Central Coast and Sydney.

Danni offers a truly holistic service from officiating the ceremony to assisting with audio‑visual elements and memorial stationery ensuring every detail is thoughtfully considered.

Above all, Danni believes the most important part of choosing a celebrant is feeling genuinely comfortable. Someone you can talk to, laugh with, and even cry with. Someone who listens, understands, while creating a respectful and memorable farewell.

We're honoured to have Dani The Funeral Planner as one of our celebrants here at White Lady Funerals 🌹

24/04/2026

Today, we pause to honour and thank all of our war veterans—past and present—and every military member who has served and continues to serve our country.
Your courage, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to protecting our freedom and way of life will never be forgotten. Because of your service, we are able to live with peace, security, and opportunity.
To those who gave everything, we remember you with deep gratitude and respect. To those who have served, and still serve, we thank you, always, for your strength, resilience, and dedication.
Lest we forget. 🇦🇺

“They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.”

21/04/2026

Thanks for having me as part of the Guardian Funerals Minchinbury Open Day last weekend at Pinegrove ❤️
Here with the lovely Nikki, Location Manager Blacktown 🤗

14/04/2026

Meet Danni! One of our lovely celebrants who will be joining us at our upcoming Open Day!

Following her own experiences with grief and loss, Danni entered the funeral industry with the desire to help other families create a fitting farewell for their loved ones, focusing on a celebration of life.

Danni is a Civil Celebrant, with a Certificate IV in Celebrancy, specialising in the Funeral Industry and has been conducting funerals since 2013 across all areas of Sydney and the Central Coast.

Danni prides herself in being able to offer a whole approach, which includes not only officiating the entire service, but also providing other professional requirements for the day, including audio-visual needs and memorial stationery.

Danni believes it is extremely important to choose a celebrant with whom you feel really comfortable. Someone you can easily talk to, relate to, laugh with and even shed a tear with! Someone who will listen, understand and respect your needs and desires, whilst taking some of the pressure away and creating an appropriate, respectful and memorable farewell ceremony for your loved one.

17/03/2026

A lovely card received today from a beautiful family who farewelled a much loved Husband, Father and Pop in January ❤️❤️

07/11/2025

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17/01/2025

Through all life's seasons, if you must hold onto just one treasure, let it be hope. Hope that whispers of brighter tomorrows, that paints possibility across your darkest skies. Let hope be your compass when storms rage, your light when shadows threaten to overwhelm. Trust that this moment, exactly where you stand, is part of a greater journey unfolding. In your deepest valleys, let hope be your gentle reminder that you are precisely where you need to be - growing, learning, becoming. For in those moments when life tests your spirit, hope isn't just an anchor, it's the wings that carry you through. Hold it close, let it bloom, and watch how it transforms your world.

~ 'Hope Carries Us Through' by Etheric Echoes
Etheric Echoes

~ Art by Freydoon Rassouli

17/01/2025

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me: how long will you stay?
grief: for as long as you love them.
me: will i always be sad?
grief: a part of you, yes
me: what about the other parts?
grief: they will find a new way.
me: a new way for what?
grief: a new way to breathe.
to laugh.
to walk.
to wake up.
to create.
to experience nature.
to see the world.
to be courageous.
to hear music.
to carry hope.
to speak their names.
a new way to love from a nearby distance.

~ 'a nearby distance' by ullie-kaye
Ullie Kaye Poetry

~ Art by Kristin Vestgård

17/01/2025

So full of history.
Rookwood in the rain ☔️

14/01/2025

Sadness came to tea last night
as she’s often done before
but I didn’t let her in this time
I stopped her at the door

“I’m off to meet with friends”, I said
“your timing isn’t right
I can’t allow your atmosphere
it’s not the place tonight”

but sadness wouldn’t take the hint
her manners lack finesse
her pace was slow and heavy
yet she kept up nonetheless

and even when I took my place
amongst my laughing friends
she squeezed herself right in-between
her boldness never ends

and I was sure my friends would see
this spectre at the feast
and somehow think me lesser
for inviting such a beast

but no, their warmth was undeterred
as if nothing was new
I think perhaps they know by now
I sometimes come as two

and even sadness seemed to glow
a lighter shade of grey
to know that she’s accepted
seemed to lighten up her day

so let your sad accompany you
don’t think her hard to bear
no need to face her all alone
just pull an extra chair.

Donna Ashworth
‘Sadness comes’

From Growing Brave 🌱

UK: https://amzn.eu/d/0h6ASuCQ
US: https://a.co/d/cboRlcn

The art is by Galya Popova

Much love to all, let us strive to be kinder to ourselves and others.

16/10/2024

Last night I was privileged to lead the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Memorial Service at Pinegrove to remember our little ones whom we have loved and lost 💜
💜💜 You are not alone and our babies will never be forgotten 💜💜