
Upcoming Services.



RSVP Memorial Ceremony for Donald Auburn
Celebrating the Life of
Donald Auburn
Tuesday, 4th March 2025
11am for 11.30am Ceremony
Followed by lunch & refreshments until 3.30pm
At The BOX on the Water, Ettalong Beach Waterfront Reserve, The Esplanade, Ettalong Beach
Parking available on street at the venue or easy parking available at the Mantra outdoor carpark and underneath the Diggers Club.
Deeply respected and adored by family and friends, Don leaves us with memories of a good and rich life together.
We warmly invite Don’s family and community to celebrate the life of Donald Auburn together at The BOX on the Water in Ettalong on Tuesday 4th March.
Arrival from 11am for an 11.30 am Ceremony.
Please RSVP if you are able to attend. This will help us to plan seating and catering accordingly.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Smith Family here.
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RSVP Funeral for Denis Cribbin
A Celebration of the Life of
Denis Frederick Cribbin
Wednesday March 5th 2025
4:30pm: Funeral Service at St Mark’s Church Darling Point
5:30pm: Refreshments at Sandersons Mercedes Benz Showrooms Rushcutters Bay
Denis’ family invite you to join in a celebration of the wonderful life of Denis - aka Cribbo, Stairway, Dancin’ Denis, Freddy, Kruges, Criboski, Dadda and Papa.
Parking: It is very difficult to park at both venues. Please plan ahead, leave plenty of time, or catch an Uber. It is a downhill walk from St Marks to Sandersons and will take approximately 15 mins. Again, suggest an Uber to take you down.
In lieu of flowers: Please consider making a donation to Melanoma and Skin Cancer Australia. www.masc.org.au/donate
The service will not be live streamed.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service & gathering afterwards.




RSVP Patrick Mullins
Memorial Ceremony and Celebration for Patrick Mullins
Friday February 28th 2025
Arrive 2pm for 2.30pm Ceremony
Followed by Refreshments until 6pm
Sydney Park Pavillion, Euston Rd, Alexandria
You are warmly invited to honour and celebrate the life of the one and only Patrick Mullins.
Please dress in your best botanical themed outfits !
On-site parking included
Barwon Park Road (nearest to playground and brick kilns)
Sydney Park Road (nearest to cycling centre)
Euston Road (nearest to Alan Davidson Oval and Sydney Park Pavilion).Also free parking on after 10am.
Campbell Street (nearest to wetlands).
Following our ceremony, please stay for light refreshments and more storytelling.
There is no lift and the venue is on the first floor, accessible only by stairs. For those with access need, and for those who are unable to attend in person, please find the livestream link below.
It will be live from 2.15pm on the day of Patrick’s gathering.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service and gathering.


RSVP A Celebration of Paul Mizzi
Memorial Ceremony and Celebration for
Paul Mizzi
Tuesday February 25th 2025
10.30am: Guest arrival
11am: Ceremony
12pm onwards: Refreshments
Our Secret Garden, 120 Berkeley Rd, Berkeley Vale
You are warmly invited to honour and celebrate the life of the one and only Paul Mizzi.
Please dress with colour and flair as we remember this humble and fabulously stylish man together.
Following our ceremony, please stay for light refreshments, storytelling and dancing. Let us laugh and speak as if Paul were beside us and cha, cha, cha on the dancefloor in his memory.
Directions: As google maps doesn’t recognise the private road where “Our Secret Garden” is located, here are some helpful tips to locate the venue on the day.
If traveling from Enterprise Drive: Once you’ve turned on to Berkeley Road; directly at the end of the guard rail, you’ll find a sharp right hand turn in to the premises driveway (approximately 50m)
If traveling from Berkeley Road: As you approach the end of Berkeley Road, you’ll find the premises driveway on your left hand side directly before the guardrails leading up to the Enterprise Drive turnoffs.
Key Landmarks - Tree stump at driveway entrance & Stone lions as you enter
Parking: There are some spots located directly in front of the venue for those who have difficulty walking. Otherwise, guest parking can be found at the end of the road you came in on. A short walk down the venue driveway (approximately 150m) will lead you to “Our Secret Garden”.
In Paul’s memory: In lieu of flowers, consider donating to the Cancer Council
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service & gathering.


RSVP Memorial for Diane Cho
Memorial Ceremony and Celebration for
Diane Ruth Cho
Monday February 24th 2025
11:00am: Guest arrival
11:15am: Ceremony
Light lunch until 2:00pm
The children of Diane Ruth Cho (nee Ellison) invite you to a memorial service to celebrate her brave and loving life and to honour the loving kindness, humour, fierce intelligence and compassion she brought to the world.
The formal part of the gathering will be followed by a light lunch. Time together to talk and share memories is rare and precious and we hope you can stay for a little while.
Dress: Mum loved all things bright and colourful and we request that you do not wear dark colours or black
Parking: Metered street parking is available on the streets near the Bathers’ Pavilion.
Tributes: You can read Diane’s obituary in The Sydney Morning Herald, and leave a tribute here.
Flowers: If you are sending flowers, please note the venue does not open until 930am, please ensure they arrive before 10:30am.
You may choose to make a donation in lieu of flowers to the Animal Welfare League NSW.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service & gathering.
Live stream: For those who are unable to attend, the event will be live-streamed. Please click on the link below after 11:00am on Monday 24th.


RSVP - Memorial for Orson Santangelo Page
Memorial for Orson Santangelo Page
Tuesday February 18th, 2025
Arrive 11am for 11:30am Ceremony
Followed by Refreshments until 3pm
Allview Escape, 415-419 Hat Hill Rd, Blackheath, NSW.
We look forward to sharing memories of Orson and celebrating his life with you.
This family friendly, catered event will include activities for kids.
Dress: casual, comfortable, colourful. This is an outdoor event, so please remember hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, and parasols/umbrellas if you require extra shade.
Parking: There are two grassy carparks on either side of the driveway as soon as you enter. For those with mobility challenges, you may drive down and park in between the trees in the area behind the wooden outdoor bar.
In lieu of sending flowers, you can make a donation directly to the family here, or make a donation in Orson's memory to the Starlight Children's Foundation.
Orson’s ceremony will be recorded (not live streamed). The edited recording will be available within 48 hours after the memorial. If you would like to receive the recording link, please say so via the form below.
Update 21st February 2025: Orson’s family have asked that the recording is shared on this page. You can view it here.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the ceremony and gathering.





RSVP Funeral of Murray Cashel-Mills
Celebrating the Life of
Murray Cashel-Mills
Friday February 14th 2025
Arrive from 10:30am for 11:00am Ceremony
Life Rite Funerals Chapel
118 Durham St, Hurstville, NSW, 2220 (Parking is available in the Woolworths complex opposite our premises)
You are warmly invited to come together in community and shared support to honour and celebrate the life of the one and only Murray (Muzz) Cashel-Mills.
Murray was a genuine soul that radiated happiness to everyone around him. He motivated us all to live a happy and simple life. May he rest in peace.
You are invited to bring a flower with you that will adorn Murray’s coffin.
Those who are unable to join in person, can do so via the live stream which will be available from 10:50am on the day.
There will be an opportunity to share a story, reflection or memories of Murray during our ceremony. If this is something you feel you would like to do, please include in the notes section of RSVP below. It is completely okay to change your mind on the day.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service or watching via the live stream.

RSVP - Funeral Ceremony for Michael Maurice Keighery
Michael Maurice Keighery
10th May 1949 - 4th January 2025
11 am arrival for 11.30 start
Followed by refreshments and lite bites
Camperdown Commons, 31a Mallet St, Camperdown
We would love for you to join us for an intimate family gathering, an opportunity to come together for the first time, following the death of our beloved Michael.
In this unexpected moment we treasure the chance at first, to come together just as a family, so please do not forward this invite.
There will be a larger, more public celebration of Michael’s life in February, to which all our extended friends, family and colleagues will be very welcome. Until then, please hold off on flowers or gifts.
We look forward to having this time with you to remember our Michael and begin this process of saying goodbye.
Victoria, Georgia, Jeremy and Mikhalia.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service and gathering.


RSVP - Funeral Ceremony for Francis O’Neill
Funeral Ceremony for Francis O’Neill
Thursday January 23rd 2025
Arrive 11am for 11:30am Ceremony
Followed by Refreshments until 2:30pm
Redfern Town Hall (main hall), 73 Pitt St, Redfern
You are warmly invited to honour and celebrate the life of the excellent Francis O’Neill.
Beloved father, brother, friend, comrade, kung fu fighter, activist and community member.
Please dress in whatever you feel most comfortable in.
Following our ceremony, please stay for light refreshments and more storytelling.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to this GoFundMe set up to cover the funeral costs.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service and gathering.




RSVP - Celebrating the life of Shane Hatcher
Honouring and Celebrating the Life of
Shane Hatcher
Ceremony 3:30pm
Friday 17th January
Life Rites Funerals Chapel
118 Durham St, Hurstville
We invite you, whether near or far in distance, to celebrate the life of Shane.
Dress as you please, but if you feel like it, flannelette or Hawaiian shirts will be welcome.
We will raise our glasses at a pub after the service, to share stories, and say our cheers and a 'see you later' to Shane on his forever journey to endless sleep...
The service will be live streamed, link is below.
Please RSVP if you will be attending in person or watching the service online.
Love Alex and Luna xo
Parking can be found on the street or opposite Life Rites in the Woolworths complex.
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RSVP - Celebrating the life of Luke Gilmour
Celebrating the Life of
Luke Gilmour
Ceremony 11am
Friday 17th January
Life Rites Funerals Chapel
118 Durham St, Hurstville
From 12:30pm, wake to follow at Allawah Hotel, 470 Railway Pde, Allawah
We warmly invite you to join us as we come together to celebrate the life of Luke Gilmour.
Please bring a flower or cutting from your garden to adorn Luke’s coffin.
Please dress comfortably and casually.
Please RSVP below if you are able to attend the service and also the wake. This will help us to plan accordingly. This event will not be live-streamed.
Following the ceremony, you are invited to continue to share stories of Luke and spend time together at Allawah Hotel, 470 Railway Parade, Allawah. In keeping with Luke’s wishes, it will be his 'last shout’.
Parking can be found on the street or opposite Life Rites in the Woolworths complex.
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RSVP - Celebrating Elle Peterson
Celebrating the life of Ellen Peterson
Tuesday 14th January 2024
1.30 for 2pm Ceremony
Followed by Refreshments until 5pm
Clovelly Bowling Club, 1 Ocean St Clovelly
You are warmly invited to a ceremony that honours and celebrates Elle Peterson and the life she lived, amongst you all - her family of origin, her family of choice and her loving and dynamic community.
Please dress comfortably and with a splash of colour for Elle.
Following our ceremony, please stay for light refreshments and precious time together.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service and gathering. If you could also provide your details if watching the live stream so we can capture everyone who was a part of Elle’s life.
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RSVP - Funeral of Beverley Johns
Funeral of Beverley Johns
Monday 30th December, 2024
West Chapel, Woronora Memorial Park
Ceremony begins at 12:00pm (AEDT)
Beverley's family invites you to join in commemorating and celebrating her life in a farewell ceremony at Woronora Memorial Park. The ceremony will be followed by a nearby gathering and refreshments in the Tea Rooms on site.
For those who cannot attend, livestream details can be found below, this can also be viewed at a time of your choosing following the service.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service and gathering. If you could also provide your details if watching the live stream so we can capture everyone who was a part of Beverley’s life.
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RSVP - Funeral for Graham Bruce
Celebrating the Life of
Graham Bruce
Friday 27th December 2024
11am Ceremony
St Declan’s Church
92 Penshurst St, Penshurst
Followed by refreshments at 12.30pm at Oatley RSL, 23 Letitia St, Oatley.
Graham’s family invite you to join them to commemorate the life of Graham Bruce. Much‑loved husband, father, brother, colleague, doctor and friend. A good and decent man. Forever remembered, forever missed.
Following the ceremony, the Bruce family welcome you to share memories of Graham at Oatley RSL where refreshments will be served from 12.30pm.
Please RSVP below if you will attend the prayers service at St Declan’s / continue to Oatley RSL for refreshments. This will help us to plan accordingly.
Graham’s farewell will be live-streamed. If you unable to join in person on the day, but would like to join via live-stream, please click on this link at 10.50am on the day.
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RSVP - Funeral of Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Balzan
Funeral of Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Balzan
Friday 20th December, 2024
South Chapel, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
Ceremony begins at 9:30am (AEDT)
Private cremation to follow.
Rudy’s family invites you to join them in commemorating his life at a farewell ceremony near Rudy's long-time home in Matraville. The ceremony will be followed by a nearby gathering and refreshments. Details of the gathering will be shared on the day.
For those who cannot attend, livestream details can be found below, this can also be viewed at a time of your choosing following the service.
To help with planning, please RSVP below if you will attend the service and gathering. If you could also provide your details if watching the live stream so we can capture everyone who was a part of Rudy’s life.
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