Testimonials
At Natural Grace, we deeply value the heartfelt words shared by the families we have had the privilege to support. Your testimonials are a reflection of the care, compassion, and dedication we bring to every service. Whether you’d like to share your experience through a Google review or prefer to email us privately, your words not only guide others in their time of need but also inspire us to continue providing meaningful and respectful care. Thank you for trusting us during such personal and profound moments.
We cannot thank Karen & Fiona from Natural Grace enough for the care & kindness in looking after our beloved mum & nana, Valeta.
Their attention to detail & consideration of families needs is exceptional. Their “guests” are treated with the utmost dignity & respect, and it is their intention that every person is given the most fitting memorial for them.
We highly recommend this most excellent service.

warrannz
Google Review
Natural Grace provide outstanding care and professionalism.
Fiona and Karen are warm and friendly and kind and supportive. They show so much respect to family and loved ones, as well as those in their care.
They earnt my trust, and my words could never be enough to express my gratitude for their outstanding service and beautiful care.

Lynne
Hello Fiona and Karen,
It has been one year since Dad’s / Arnie’s funeral and I wanted to take the time to express my gratitude for the love and compassion you poured into his funeral service, but also the care I was given in the months following his death.
From the kindness and patience of your first call, the careful guidance of planning the funeral, I really don’t think I would have held myself together if not for you.
Very new to death and extremely scared and feeling alone, I came to find a lot of comfort in the funeral home. I felt very safe when the familiar candle scent in the front room would greet me.
The work you dedicate yourself to is incredible and I’m grateful to have had your support during a difficult time.

Melissa Sheedy
(Arnold Sheedy, 25th October 2024)
The team at Natural Grace Funerals in Warrnambool provided truly outstanding care and support for our family following the passing of both our mother and father. From our first conversation, their warmth, compassion, and professionalism shone through. They guided us with kindness and clarity, helping us create beautiful, dignified farewells that honoured our parents perfectly. Every detail was handled with such thoughtfulness and their gentle presence brought comfort and reassurance during a very emotional time. We are deeply grateful for the respect, understanding, and heartfelt care both Karen and Fiona showed our family. Natural Grace brought calm, guidance and genuine compassion when it mattered most. We wholeheartedly recommend Natural Grace Funerals for their exceptional service and the meaningful support they provide to families.

Lee Gunn
Google Review
Fiona and Karen were sensitive and caring in every possible way. They listened carefully and offered beautiful caring words when I needed it the most. Their support was like family! I didn’t have a mother or sister, or girlfriend to support me so I was very grateful for their caring and respectful support. They made tea and took my brother and I through all the options without rushing or “selling” us anything. We talked about our Dad and it was lovely to smile and laugh over our memories. They accommodated everything we asked for and they made lovely gentle suggestions when we were unsure. We used their rooms for a small-sized service and morning tea before heading to the cemetery.
I can’t recommend them highly enough.

Elissa Blake
Google Review
The death of a loved one can cause profound grief, confusion and sensitive emotional feelings
When our Mother passed away recently in her 97th year we found ourselves confronted with making immediate decisions regarding her funeral arrangements.
It was important to us that her funeral was respectful and representative of Mum, her long and enduring life and the fond memories we all had of our beautiful Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother.
During my initial phone conversation with Fiona at Natural Grace Funeral Home Warrnambool I immediately felt at ease and comfortable that we could place Mum into their gentle holistic care for her final journey.
Fiona and Karen provided exceptional respectful personal care of our Dear Mum, they embraced our thoughts and requests, they guided us with humility, understanding and neutrality and they were willingly available all hours to offer kind support whenever we called.
On behalf of my family, I wish to convey our heartfelt thanks to Fiona and Karen at Natural Grace Funerals in Warrnambool for their outstanding support and their exceptional service.

Gail Cullen & Family
The loss of a loved one is an incredibly difficult experience. Karen and Fiona provided exceptional care and support to our family and our loved one.
Their professionalism and dedication were deeply appreciated from the outset, and their efforts to ensure a dignified and beautiful service went above and beyond expectations. The ongoing aftercare and support have been invaluable.
I would be honored to receive the same level of care from Karen and Fiona in the future.
Fiona and Karen provided exceptional care and respect for my sister, demonstrating a level of compassion that truly stood out. Their dedication extended beyond my sister’s care, as they also offered unwavering support to our family during a difficult time. In particular, they showed remarkable dignity and empathy while assisting two of our family members who were in extreme distress.
The service we received far exceeded our previous experiences with another local funeral director. I would highly recommend them for their outstanding professionalism and compassionate approach.

Bev King
Google Review
What do l say… Fiona and Karen from Natural Grace Warrnambool once again l tell you girls, your AMAZING. The unbelievably care, love & respect you gave our dear Aunty Shirl when she passed, from when she first became your ‘guest’, those beautiful gowns you wrapped her in & the pampering you gave her was an experience we were not expecting & will not forget. The support you gave to our family always there day or night & everything was in our time when we were ready. It was so comforting to know she was in such wonderful loving care. THANK YOU.

Fiona Van Kempen
Google Review
The experience I and my extended family had with Karen and Fiona from Natural Grace Warrnambool was outstanding and a serious contrast to my previous experiences with other, local undertakers. The depth of respect, care and professionalism was truly beyond all expectations. They gave my Uncles last weeks and final moments a dignified peace for which I will always be grateful.

Toni Jenkins
Google Review
Very respectful, caring and explained the whole process while considering our needs and wishes. Took time to listen to our stories my partner. Came up with ideas to enhance the funeral. Helped to organise paperwork and liaised with other parties. Highly recommended.

Susan Byrne
Google Review
The most gentle and personable experience – so many offerings that our family had not even considered. The kindness and care and attention to detail from Libby and her team was above and beyond. Natural Grace offered us a genuine funeral with everything we needed and nothing that we didn’t.

Jo Moon
Google Review
Thank you Natural Grace, Sophie, Libby and the team for supporting us at such an important time.
Anxieties were removed and the service both empathetic and efficient.
Highly recommended.

Mathew Durban
Google Review
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Natural Grace Funeral Home. Your compassion, patience, and gentle support carried us through the heartbreaking days of preparing Hayley’s vigil. Thank you for helping us honour Hayley with the dignity, love, and care she deserved. Our family will always remember the way you helped us say our goodbyes.
We would like to thank Libby and the beautiful team for their compassion, guidance, and gentle care you have shown our family. Your support through the vigil and the days surrounding it has meant more than words can express. Thank you for helping us honouring Hayley with dignity, tenderness, and respect.
Our heartfelt thanks to Libby for walking beside us with such kindness and understanding. The space you created for our vigil, and the care you offered throughout, brought comfort during an incredibly painful time. We are deeply grateful for the way you helped us say our goodbyes.
Libby , Your compassion, patience, and gentle guidance carried us through a time of immense sorrow. you helped us create allowed us to be close, to honour, and to say our personal farewells in a way that felt true to our hearts. Thank you for supporting our family with such dignity and care. Thank you for being there for Hayley’s children and explaining everything to them.
Love from the Higham family.

Lee-Anne Higham
Google Review
When my daughter unexpectedly died in tragic circumstances we, her family, were in total shock and immense distress. In this state we had to somehow organise a funeral for her with a birthday memorial afterwards.
We desperately wanted the absolute best for our girl; she deserved it. Her funeral/memorial had to be a fitting tribute to a brave and beautiful person of many talents, filled with the love and joy of having her in our lives. Her body must be cared for gently and respectfully. We also needed support and imaginative guidance with our vague ideas as to what we wanted, and professional service that did not leave us floundering.
Fortunately we were told about Natural Grace. Their responses in our initial contact sounded almost too good to be true. We could have what we wanted; they would suss it out properly and organise it all.
So, we met with Natural Grace. With a relaxed and kind getting-to-know-each-other meeting around a table with refreshments a plan was settled upon. Everything was fully explained and our minds were put totally at rest that Natural Grace would handle everything professionally and with the utmost care. We left with big smiles of relief. Our wishes were to be granted.
Natural Grace did not let us down. They were always available for us to talk to, always reassuring no matter how silly the question, and they very ably facilitated our requests without hassle. They were fully professional and tech savvy with great suggestions from experience, which helped so much as we were brain fogged in our grief.
Natural Grace recommended a celebrant, a venue and a caterer; all were absolutely perfect for the ceremony we wanted. Our goodbye service was everything that we asked for; very sincere and loving, followed by a warm and comforting memorial afternoon with music and delicious refreshments. People were full of praise.
In short, my daughter had a most beautiful and heartfelt parting with her family and friends; it was exactly what each member of our family wanted for her. My gratitude is endless. I rest knowing we did her proud.
I asked to provide a recommendation because it may help another family in their grief to choose the best for their loved one, Natural Grace.

I cannot speak highly enough of Sharon and Patrick at Natural Grace. The whole experience was faultless, nothing was a problem from start to finish. Sharon’s care was genuine, comforting and faultless in detail. In what was a difficult time for us, the care and support we received from Natural Grace meant the world to us.
Thank you so much.

Terry Kernan
Google Review
Natural Grace were very caring and supportive during a very sad time in our lives. They worked tirelessly to assist us and ensure that the services were what we wanted, genuine in all they offered.

Karin Gilbert
Google Review
Dear Sharon and Team,
On behalf of my entire family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for the wonderful support you provided during such a difficult time. Your kindness, compassion, and professionalism truly made a difference and helped make the process much smoother for us.
Thank you for being a part of the beautiful send-off for our dad. Your care and attention to detail brought comfort to our family, and we are so grateful for everything you’ve done.
With heartfelt thanks,

Lance, Delray and family
Natural Grace Funerals were so accommodating. Jacqui helped us with my son Adams funeral recently and my husband's funeral 4 years ago.
We went green with a different type of casket.
It was lovely and what he wanted.
Thank you.

Elizabeth Cichello-Brooks
Google Review
I am forever grateful for the love and care provided by Natural Grace for my loved ones.
Through a difficult 3 years, Jacqui and the team provided unconditional support and care for my grandmother, mother and father.
I felt completely at ease, supported and genuinely cared for through each occasion.
I highly recommend this wonderful team - you can trust their sincerity and professionalism in your time of need.

Rick K
Google Review
Dear Libby and Jacqui,
I wish to offer a sincere thank you from myself and our family for your kindness, care and support throughout the preparations and funeral for our dear husband and father. Your ready willingness to accommodate all of our wishes, your calm guidance, especially to our grandchildren in their participation, and your warmth were very much appreciated.
You exceeded our expectations in every way.
Please also convey our thanks to Kiara, Keran and Kim for their assistance to us.

Moira
I would now like to say what a wonderful job you and your team did with my beautiful wife's funeral.
Your thoughtfulness and attention to detail helped make this terrible time for us so much better.
I cannot say in words what your sensitiveness, advice and professionalism meant to the children and myself.
Thank you again.

S
Our family is so very grateful that we found you to help us with Mollie's after-life care. Your service to us has been a vital part of our healing process.
Thank you so much for giving us the support to manage Mum's after-life care in our own way.

Carolyn, Peter, Teema, Roger, Stephen Lau
Dear Libby and Kiara,
Thank you very much for the beautiful funeral and celebration of life for my father Francis Donovan.
You were so kind, encouraging and patient and you truly made this very sad day one to remember with love and peacefulness.
My four sisters and mother were so very grateful for your calmness and compassion.
Dad would have been so proud!

Carolyn Pereira
We were fortunate enough to have Robyn and Libby from Natural Grace help us organise a gathering after my wife passed away. We could not recommend their services more. They knew exactly when to step in to resolve problems and how to guide us gently through the process. And just as importantly, they knew when to step back to provide us space to grieve privately as a family. Because we were able to follow our own script, our farewell to my wife was incredibly healing for all of us.

Tony O'Herlihy
Google Review
I just wanted to say thank you for all your work and your gracious presence today. It was a delight to work with you and your colleagues to enable Doreen’s family to farewell her in a way that (I hope) was helpful.
It seemed to me that everything you did created a beautiful, gentle, sacred space in which this lovely family’s grief was held with respect and care.
I look forward to working with you in the future.
Grace & peace.

Pastor Annette Buckley
Uniting Church in Australia
Sharon and the team at Natural Grace were amazing. They genuinely cared for our loved one and went above and beyond to support, guide, and facilitate not just the funeral but also myself and my family through the whole situation.
I would highly recommended Natural Grace if you're looking for people who don't just do a good job, but who also deeply care.

Thomas Wood
Google Review
I truly recommend Natural Grace.
Libby, Barb and Jacqui all provided exceptional, wholistic and compassionate care to me and my mother at the most challenging time of our lives when we lost my beloved father Leon. They truly made us feel like we were part of their family and were exceptionally understanding, gentle and provided an excellent service which brought us comfort in our time of sorrow and grieving and made things more bearable. I would highly recommend the services of Natural Grace Holisitic Funeral Directors and would most definitely be using their kind services again when needed. I commend them on their excellent person and family centred compassionate care.

Akii Comber
Google Review
Robyn, and the entire team at Natural Grace, were caring, compassionate and efficient. Everything went smoothly, thanks to their experience, dedication and excellent communication with us. It was also a great comfort knowing they were so respectful of our loved one.
Thank you, Robyn, and the Natural Grace team. We are so grateful. x

Marita Fox
Google Review
'I need your help' were the first words out of my mouth when Libby picked up the phone. I was feeling out of my own mind/body and was very teary, but I also knew I needed to progress 'things' with the help of an expert. As I've told her (and anyone who'll listen), I felt scooped up and cradled by her - and her team - through this miserable/lovely time. With the help and support of Natural Grace, I have been able to do all the 'things' necessary, carve out time for myself and my husbands loved ones and create experiences with her I didn't realise were possible when a loved one passes away.
Libby and her team made it possible to smoothly navigate bureaucracy, geographic challenges and rituals of benefit to family and friends. An experienced hand dealing with someone like me who needed to hear information first to get to emotions, but also be able to deliver soothing words for those who lead with their emotions right away.
I was so very lucky to have found Natural Grace during my adored husband's illness, and then to have called them for help when 'that' time came. I wholly recommend Natural Grace to anyone in need of help and supportive services over their difficult time. Know it is likely to help you in more ways than you might think.
Please also convey our thanks to Kiara, Keran and Kim for their assistance to us.
With sincere love and gratitude in my heart.

Jennifer Myers
A huge heart-felt thank you to Libby, Jacqui and the whole team at Natural Grace in Woodend for supporting my family through some of the toughest times in life.
My beautiful brother Jamie chose Natural Grace for his after-life care knowing how compassionate, supportive and connected with nature Natural Grace is. We had witnessed their exceptional care and gentle compassionate guidance at previous celebrations of life of close friends but experiencing it first hand when Jamie died was such a comfort and truly honoured Jamie as the wonderful man that he was and is.
Jacqui and Libby acknowledged our Scottish family traditions and incorporated that into Jamie's care. They allowed us to be a part of every step of the process and walked alongside us lovingly. To know that my big brother's body was in loving hands, being respectfully nurtured by those who also have a spiritual understanding of life and death put all of our minds at ease and allow us to now celebrate Jamie's life.
The greatest gift I imagine we can give is love; the greatest honour... to lovingly nurture another being on their journey into or out of this physical world and it takes exceptional and gifted people to do both of these things with such grace.
Thank you to Natural Grace for being the exceptional people that you are.

Elizabeth Cameron
From the first telephone contact with Natural Grace I knew I had called the right place. Jacqui and the team at Natural Grace are the most compassionate and caring people. They helped our family plan the most beautiful memorial service for mum. They truly made a terrible time bearable with their care, support and guidance. I recommend Natural Grace Highly as they love what they do and it truly shows.

Kim Seckold
Google Review
Jacqui showed extraordinary care and kindness throughout the whole process. It was the very opposite of a clinical, impersonal experience - I was truly blown away by her respect, compassion, capability and attention to detail. I had no idea this sort of funeral care existed - the space you have there is so welcoming and nurturing, exactly what is needed at a time of sorrow and grief. Thankyou.

Tash C
Google Review
We would like to thank the staff at Natural Grace for their loving care of us when our father/husband passed away. This was a very sad time for us and the staff at Natural Grace were caring and understanding, they made the whole process easier by organising everything which took a great deal of pressure off us. Nothing was ever too much trouble for them.
Yours sincerely, Val, Annette, Pete and family.

Patrick Garrett
Google Review
A huge heart-felt thank you to Libby, Jacqui and the whole team at Natural Grace in Woodend for supporting my family through some of the toughest times in life. My beautiful brother Jamie chose Natural Grace for his after-life care knowing how compassionate, supportive and connected with nature Natural Grace is. We had witnessed their exceptional care and gentle compassionate guidance at previous celebrations of life of close friends but experiencing it first hand when Jamie died was such a comfort and truly honoured Jamie as the wonderful man that he was and is. Jacqui and Libby acknowledged our Scottish family traditions and incorporated that into Jamie's care. They allowed us to be a part of every step of the process and walked alongside us lovingly. To know that my big brother's body was in loving hands, being respectfully nurtured by those who also have a spiritual understanding of life and death put all of our minds at ease and allow us to now celebrate Jamie's life. The greatest gift I imagine we can give is love; the greatest honour... to lovingly nurture another being on their journey into or out of this physical world and it takes exceptional and gifted people to do both of these things with such grace. Thank you to Natural Grace for being the exceptional people that you are.

Elizabeth Cameron
Google Review
I can never thank Jacqui and Libby enough for their patience, care and professionalism over the past week. They were calm and caring and were somehow able to wrangle our complex family communications and emotions. It felt like they were with us the whole way. We never felt like we were alone in this and their graceful patience gave us the confidence and courage to keep going. They helped us give Dad the sendoff he would have loved. They helped us as a family feel like, for the first time in a long time, that we could do something to help Dad. It was a powerful week for us. We grieved, we bonded, and we started to heal. This was largely due to Natural Grace enabling us to do this.
We will never forget what Jaqcui did for us, our family and for Dad.

Jeremy McLeod
Google Review
Dear Jacqui and staff at Natural Grace,
We will be forever grateful for your kind and compassionate care of my much loved husband and our extended family. From the comforting SMS that let us know my husband was 'safely tucked up at the Sanctuary' to his respectful and beautifully conducted service and burial - we could not have asked for more sensitive and gentle guidance.
Conducting a funeral during Covid19 restrictions was difficult and Jacqui you helped us to work this in our favour. We were able to organise an intimate service in the appropriately named Sanctuary that was heartfelt and peaceful. Jacqui - you listened to everything we asked for and ensured all the details were handled in such a way that the stress of organisation was lifted from our shoulders.
Thank you Jacqui for your thoughtful and beautiful words as you conducted the service and the way you warmly included our young grandchildren. Every detail throughout the service was perfectly managed and you helped us feel supported and at peace.
Thank you.

Elizabeth & family
I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful care you have given to Jim, to me and to all our family and friends.
Your warm, loving attitude, concern for everyone and attention to the smallest detail has made a difficult time much less stressful.
Out deepest thanks to you and to all your staff.
Everyone was thrilled with the service and Father Joe turned out trumps! After all, he was a perfect choice (even though about number 10) and probably better than others we had tried before him.
Many have commented – “the best funeral ever”. The coffin and the flowers, and the booklet, have all been highly complimented and the left-over booklets are disappearing fast.
We loved your idea of decorating Jim with flowers and taking the rest home. I have a beautiful vase in front of me now.
Once again, love and thanks dear Libby.

Denise
