SMITH, Russell Edward

“Rusty”
Peacefully at home

surrounded by his loving family

8th April, 2026

Aged 66 Years

Much loved husband of Kathryn.

Dearly loved father and father-in-law of

Ashleigh, Cameron & Gemma.

Loved Poppy of Ruby.

Russell will be loved and remembered by

all members of the Smith and Buggy families.

The family and friends of RUSTY are warmly

invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held in the

Acacia Function Centre,

415 Burgmanns Lane, Hillvue commencing at

2.00pm, Monday 20th April, 2026.

Private Cremation.

By request no flowers.

Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to MND Research.

A donations box will be available at the service.

Those wishing to view a livestream of the service

may do so from 2.00pm using the link below:
https://youtube.com/live/GyY3HHDmmt0?feature=share

What our families say

On behalf of the family of Brian Newall, I wanted to thank you for your care and kindness.
You made a hard time so much easier.

Thank you!

Best wishes,
Pat Newall
Paul and Sally Newall
David and Gill Newall
Brooke and Kane Jacobson

Good morning Shaun, Suzanne, Peter, Yvette and Team,

My family and I send our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the wonderful job that you did on our mum’s funeral.
There was no detail that was not addressed or taken care of which took the pressure off us and made everything go so smoothly.You have been a great comfort to our family during this time of great sadness, thankyou.

Kind regards,
Jane Erich

Thank you so much for everything you did for us when we were in such a sad state organising our dad’s funeral.
You were thoroughly professional and helped us plan an absolutely beautiful and dignified farewell for Dad.
It couldn’t have been more perfect. We are very appreciative of your efforts.

Regards,
Helen Alston

Hello Shaun & Suzanne

I would like to thank you on behalf of our family for making the service very beautiful, Mum would of been so happy.
Everyone's heart was truly in it and you can see you all love your job, we are extremely grateful and appreciative
of how much yourselves and your staff care.

Thank you for all the direction and advice you were able to give us, it took a lot of pressure off us during this difficult time.

Please thank everyone for their amazing patience as we stumbled along in our grief.

warmest regards
Sandra Boreham

Dear Shaun Hamilton, Lindy, Yvette, Darryl, Daniel, Melissa

Thank you for the truly wonderful funeral you organised for my precious husband, Ian Charles Ross Holford, 28 Jan 2026.
What you provided for us exceeded my expectations to honour my husband with dignity and love on the day of his funeral and burial.
Many people have contacted me to say how wonderful the occasion was.
I am so grateful for all your attention to the family's wishes for the day. You executed it all so well.
You set me in a holy place, just where I needed and wanted to be.

Thank you again

Sincerely
Eunice Holford

Dear Shaun

Thank you for all your care and support, it was a wonderful service,
just as Noel would have liked, a few laughs with all his family there.

Love Carolyn Taggart & family x

I apologise for the late thank you. Am finally taking time to do so as things still crazy.
I missed you at Dad's Funeral end as I was getting Mum back into my van on that terrible cold dismissal last Friday.
You were walking away & I couldn't get to say how wonderful a service you did for my family.
You are amazing & made a sad day bearable.
Thank you Claire your job can't always be pleasant but to me you are a blessing.

Sincerely Jenny Parish (Mervyn Dalton)

To Dear Shaun, Suzanne, Yvette and all the The Team

Just a note to say many thanks for an outstanding service at our Mother's Funeral,
your professionalism and caring attitude was exemplary.
We couldn't have asked for a better team, to arranging the funeral,
the booklet and on the day, it all went so well.
Shaun, the hymn was so beautiful & Bill played beautifully and the livestreaming also.

Thank you all once again and kindest regards
Margaret Chamberlain on behalf of the Pyrke family, Nona, Jennifer, Bill & Judith

Dear Shaun Hamilton

Una, David, Ann and Lyn Henney express our thanks and appreciation for your caring
and compassionate manner for your services and planning for Vic's farewell service.

You gave us great comfort in our time of sorrow.

Yours sincerely
Una Henney

To the staff

I travelled from Brisbane with my mum, Carole (Casino) to attend her sister's viewing and funeral - Dorothy Coulton, Friday 25th August, Nazareth Chapel.

You were very understanding and respectful. Thank you for such a wonderful job, so well done.

Kind regards
Amanda

To Shaun,

Suzanne and all staff that cared for our much loved and greatly missed mother and grandmother and great grandmother,
Elsie May Milsom.

Thank you so much for your words of comfort and the care that you have shown towards Elsie and her family.

To Shaun, Suzanne & Team

Our family would like to express our sincere appreciation for the professional service provided to us during a difficult time following the loss of our husband and dad, James (Jim) McCormack.

From the moment the team took dad into care in the early hours of Monday 18th September, we were comforted by the respectful, caring and dignified support and service provided to our family.

Shaun, we would also like to thank you for extending your service to sing two solo's at dad's Requiem Mass and again the family very much appreciated this special gesture.

Our sincerest thanks
Angela, Frank, Andrew, Anna & Celia

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