Our chapel of rest

Our Chapel of Rest is a quiet, meditative and dignified space where you can spend time with your loved one and say goodbye at your own time and in your own way. We provide full preparation, dressing and laying out of the deceased with a single red rose ready for family members and friends who wish to say a final, private goodbye.

Chapel of Rest

Testimonials

My children, Valentina and Alexander, will know that in the future, when they ask about mummy’s final journey, I can tell them all about Penrose who did their mummy proud.

Thank you

Shaun - August 2023

Dear all at Penrose,

we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude in how you helped our family sort out and deal with the difficult process of arranging my late mother, Susan Johnson’s, funeral.

Your kindness, compassion and respect for the family, and how you delicately handled the coffin, was noticed by all.

Many thanks,

The Johnson Family - December 2021

I just want to say thank you on behalf of myself and my sisters for my father’s funeral. Thanks to you and your staff for helping us through this hard time, you made us feel very comfortable with our roles at the funeral and your professional services we received. We would highly recommend your services to anyone that may be in need.

S Pitkin - April 2017

Thank you to all of you for the care and kind support you gave us during this sad time.

The yellow ties at mum’s funeral was a very special touch, she would have loved that,

Take care,

Sarah and Hayley - November 2022

To Jeremy, Nathan and Co,

thank you so much for all of your help and for the professionalism and empathy you showed for Sharon’s funeral. It made an otherwise tough day go as smoothly as it could have. It also meant the world to have you involved, thank you.

Lots of love

Liz - December 2024

To Nathan, Brendan and staff at Penrose Funeral Directors,

On behalf of myself, Marie, Jim, Alice, Ronnie and Maggie we would like to send our heartfelt appreciation for your support during our most difficult time in arranging our lovely mum’s funeral. Your support was just want we needed to get through and all of you were amazing, especially Nathan and Brendan.

Mum had the most beautiful send off anyone could wish for and we as a family would have been lost without you all. Nothing was ever too much trouble.

Once again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts xxx

Regards

Mary Docherty’s family - February 2023

To Penrose Funerals,

Thank you for taking excellent care of our dad Greg. You made a hard time easier with your kindness and your kindness and generosity meant so much. You made the day run smoothly and a special thank you to Jeremy and the staff on the 6th of October.

Forever Grateful

Gregory Hall’s daughters, son and family - 10th October 2022

A little card to say a big thank you.

To Nathan, Brendon and team,

thank you so much for making our mum, Rita’s, funeral service so professional, sympathetic, caring and sometimes funny. Penrose are down to earth, explained every step of the way and I would not use anyone else now.

Thank you once again from the bottom of our hearts, our mum would have loved the horses

Love from

Mellisa and Tracey - August 2025
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