Cooper & Son

I first started my career within CPJ Field as a funeral arranger at Haine & Son in Polegate. I was then later approached to become a trainee Funeral Director, and I jumped at the opportunity, I have now completed my Cert FAA certificate, graduating in September 2025.

I have worked for the company for just over 5 years. I am a real people person. I enjoy working closely with the community and help organise community events. I love the nature of the role as a funeral director and supporting families during very difficult and challenging times. I find helping & supporting my families at the most difficult time a real honour.

I am a wife & mother and my most favourite thing to do is spending quality time with my family and friends whether that will be paddle boarding, going away on holiday and eating out together. I have in recent years started felting, and experimenting with arts and crafts which has come in useful whilst helping decorate our window displays for events and special occasions.

I have enjoyed working as a funeral arranger for over 10 years. I enjoy being supportive and helpful to all the families who choose us to make their experience as easy as possible at their worst times. I find this role very rewarding. I have been fortunate to be the Community Champion for the area which means I meet lots of people in the local area. In my spare time, I like to be in my greenhouse, sowing seeds, watching them grow, planting them out, nurturing them and relaxing in a beautiful garden full of colour all summer.

I have been with Cooper & Son, Lewes since the beginning of April 2025, in the role of funeral arranger and administrator. Being a Person-Centred Counsellor means that I can use my natural way of being to it’s full extent with our families. It is humbling to work with and support our families during one of the hardest experiences of their lives.

I am very lucky to be working with a fabulous team within Cooper & Son and the wider company, which makes coming to work a pleasure. In my spare time I like to crochet, cook, and pottering in my garden. I enjoy socialising, eating out, the theatre and playing boardgames, cards. I especially like to spend time with my four children, my grandchildren, and my siblings.

I started at Cooper & Son in January 2018 and completed my Cert FAA in 2019. I am Lewes born and bred, and many of the families that we look after are known to me. Seeing a familiar face at a time of loss can be very comforting and this is something that in turn helps to make my job feel so worthwhile. It is a unique job, and one that carries great responsibility, but I cannot imagine doing anything else. I work with a great team of people, which undoubtedly helps.

My spare time is mainly spent looking after the grandchildren and gardening, especially on our allotment, hard work but a tonic for the soul! My other passion is history, having obtained my degrees at Sussex University as a mature student at the grand old age of 40! My other loves are my 5 cats…yes 5, and Lewes Bonfire. I am a member of the Southover Bonfire Society, one of seven societies that take to the roads of Lewes every November 5^th.

I started working for CPJ Field in November 2011. My role started as a Funeral Service Team Member or what was commonly known at the time, a Chauffer Bearer. This gave me a wonderful insight into the funeral industry and made me realise I wanted to learn more. In July 2015 I moved to Cooper & Son in Lewes as a trainee Funeral Director and since then I have achieved the Diploma in Funeral Arranging & Administration in 2017 and the Diploma in Funeral Directing in 2020. Looking after the families that call on us to guide them through one of the worst periods of their lives gives me immense satisfaction and drives me to make each funeral perfect in every way.

I relax by going to the gym at least 5 times a week, reading and spending time with my own family and watching local football, especially my son’s team.

I have been working for Cooper & Son for two and a half years. I feel very fortunate, as I now live and work in Seaford. I am able to meet a variety of local people and give them the support they need through a difficult time. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, and gardening and I try to keep myself fit by walking and running. I like to relax in the company of friends with a good bottle of wine.

I have been working for Cooper & Son at Seaford for 25 years. I have worked in other clerical positions prior to my time here, but for me being a Funeral Arranger gives me the satisfaction that you do not get in other workplaces, by being able to give support to the families who contact us. I also look after the Monumental Masonry, which is of special interest to me. Outside of work I like to garden, walk and crafting.

I started as a funeral arranger in September 2023. I have quickly found this is the role is a perfect fit for me as I love to help families in their time of need. I find it very rewarding to try and make things feel a little easier for families at one of the most difficult times for them. Adding personal touches to every funeral to make them unique for each person is something I take pleasure in organising with each family.

In my time away from work I study Classical history and ancient Latin language. I enjoy long walks all around Sussex with my husband and children.

I have been working as a Funeral Arranger for 2 years at the beautiful Rose Cottage. I love to support my families through some of the most difficult times of their lives. It is my wish to ensure I provide the utmost practical and emotional support in whatever situations may arise. I am fully qualified in health and social care with many years of experience in the domestic support sector.

In my spare time I love going on adventures with my dogs, listening to heavy metal and I am an avid fan of fantasy and Sci-fi.