Hello!
My name is Helen. I am a UK qualified funeral celebrant living in Zurich and a native speaker of English. I deliver funeral ceremonies, burial and scattering ceremonies and advance funeral ceremony planning in the Zurich area.
I would be honoured to create and lead a personalised, individual and meaningful ceremony for the person you are commemorating.
For more information about the funeral ceremonies I offer and about my other services to English-speakers in the Zurich area, select Funerals from the menu at the top. Under About Me you can find out more about me and my background.
Dr. Helen Baumer, UK qualified funeral celebrant
What is a funeral celebrant?
A funeral celebrant is someone qualified to host and officiate funeral services. As well as conducting the funeral itself, celebrants are involved in planning the order of service, music, writing the tribute and creating a meaningful service for the person who has died. Celebrants generally aim to create services that celebrate a person’s life, as well as providing an opportunity to say goodbye.
Civil celebrants are flexible in their approach and can conduct semi-religious, non-religious or spiritual funerals. Religious poems, readings, music and prayers can be included if requested. Celebrants conduct funerals in non-denominational locations including crematorium and cemetery chapels, natural burial places like woodlands or on a lake, or rented meeting venues.
How we can work together to create a fitting and compassionate ceremony
I will spend time with you and your family, so I can get to know you and find out your wishes for the ceremony.
I will create a funeral ceremony that truly reflects both your wishes and those of your loved one. Since I will be leading the funeral, you will be free of organisational worries and responsibilities. You will appreciate the protected space of the funeral that opens up space for the emotions which are part of grieving.
You will have the support of family and friends, all of whom knew your loved one and misses them. They too will have the opportunity to mourn a person many of them have dear and fond memories of.
Your ceremony will be in safe hands. I hold the National Open College Network Level 3 Diploma in Funeral Celebrancy, the highest qualification awarded to funeral celebrants in the UK. I am a very experienced writer and will create a respectful and dignified funeral ceremony for you.
Best regards
Dr Helen Baumer
Funeral services
Together we create an individual, fitting and compassionate service to celebrate the life of your loved one.
Personalised funeral ceremonies
I am guided entirely by your wishes. I conduct ceremonies independent of any cultural or religious affiliation.
Proficient in multiple languages
I speak English, High German and Swiss German and have 45 years' experience of life in Switzerland.
Local Zurich experience
I have in-depth knowledge of death and funerals in the Zurich area and can assist you with all the formalities.
