Independent Family-Run Funeral Directors in Suffolk

I highly recommend Markham's. From the first phone call I felt reassured and confident that my husband's funeral would be conducted in the way that I and my family most wished. Their compassion, helpfulness, efficiency and friendliness helped make a difficult process easier. I could phone or email with even the slightest question and they always had time for me. On the day, everything went exactly as planned and many friends present commented that it had been a very fitting celebration of my husband's life - 'just right'.

Andy and the entire Markham team were absolutely fantastic from the first moment I contacted them about arranging my husband’s funeral. They were very helpful, kind, caring and empathetic towards myself and our son at what was a very sad time. The support, guidance and compassion Andy gave through out the whole funeral organising process was incredible and I would highly recommend using Markham Funeral Services for any of your loved one’s funeral. If I needed to contact Andy about something regarding the funeral he responded very promptly and was so helpful. The service itself was handled beautifully, and their professionalism, care, and dedication were evident throughout. They went above and beyond to give my husband the send off he deserved, and for that we will be forever grateful. I really can not thank Andy and Nicky Markham and their team enough for everything they have done. Their kindness and support meant so much to me and my son. An outstanding funeral service that I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone.

I have nothing but pure respect for Andy and his team who arranged my husbands funeral a few weeks ago. From the very start, nothing was too much trouble for him. Respect and dignity was given to my daughter and I from day one and I certainly would recommend them 100%. Thank you Andy for all your help throughout, we certainly couldn't have done it without you.

I honestly don’t think we could ever properly put into words how grateful we are to Andy, Nikki and the whole team at Markham’s. From the moment we first met them, they were so much more than funeral directors. They became an extension of our family. They held space for us when we were completely heartbroken, gave us time when we needed it, listened to every little detail and somehow took everything we were feeling and turned it into a funeral that felt completely and utterly Dad. Nothing felt like a template or a process. Everything was bespoke, thoughtful and personal. They took the time to understand who Dad was, what he loved and what mattered to us, and they helped us create something that truly reflected him. But what has stayed with us most is the way they cared for Dad himself. They treated him with such tenderness, dignity and respect. Knowing that he was being looked after so gently and with such genuine care brought us an enormous amount of comfort during the hardest time of our lives. And they looked after us, too. They understood that we weren’t just arranging a funeral — we were saying goodbye to someone we loved more than words can say. They were patient, kind, compassionate and incredibly graceful throughout. We never felt like a family being guided through a service; we felt like a family being genuinely cared for. Andy, Nikki and the whole team — thank you. Thank you for looking after our Dad so beautifully. Thank you for looking after us. Thank you for giving us something so incredibly special to remember such an impossibly difficult time by. We really couldn’t recommend Markham’s highly enough. They gave Dad the care and dignity he deserved, and gave our family the kindness and support we desperately needed. We will be endlessly, endlessly grateful. ❤️

Markham’s have looked after both Mum and Dad, when they passed, my Dad just recently. I can honestly say I could not fault anything about them. Andy was so caring and attentive, and treated us all with total respect. We wanted to have a ‘family led’ funeral, and we were helped every step of the way to make that happen. I would not hesitate to recommend Markhams, you do not feel like you are on a corporate production line, just a personal family approach, thank you from us all x

Andrew was recommended to me by the care home, I found them to be excellent in everything they did. Courteous and sympathetic ,which was just right. Many thanks Andrew.

I highly recommend Markham Funeral Service, 5 star service from Andy from start to finish. Andy helped and guided us every step of the way when we were faced with organising our mums funeral and not having any idea what to do. Andy took time to explain everything that was available to us from choosing the type of coffin/basket we wanted, the different options of transport available for mum to the crematorium, flowers and order of service. Andy also recommended and organised a fantastic Celebrant to conduct the funeral. If we had any questions or concerns in the days leading up to the funeral Andy was always quick to respond. The day of the funeral was handled with respect and mum was well looked after just as she had been whist in the care of Andy and Nikki at Markham Funeral Service. Thank you to all the team at Markham Funeral Service, we are truly grateful and we highly recommend you.

From the very first contact with Markham Funeral Services we have all been treated with the utmost sincerity,dignity, and respect. The support and guidance in the run up to Dad’s funeral was hugely appreciated. It allowed us to face the day with total confidence and everything went flawlessly. We also appreciated the fact that they dropped off the flowers at home afterwards. Mum has been getting a great deal of pleasure and comfort from them. I just cannot thank Andy, Nikki and their team enough for everything they did. Without doubt they delivered the best experience anyone could wish for at such a desperately sad time. We will be forever grateful.

I always try to use independent and local services and so I chose Markham’s funeral services as I knew a friend had used them recently and was recommended. I entrusted them to look after my mother and from the moment they collected her from the hospice to the cremation ceremony they were absolutely fantastic, it’s a daunting task arranging a funeral for a very special mum and Andy and his team were so caring and easy to talk to , I would highly recommend them and I’m so pleased we chose them . I felt as though they genuinely cared, were professional , Compassionate and just a good experience. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them .

I would like to say the Markham family funeral service have been extremely helpful and supportive during my families difficult time. They spent time talking and listening to us, providing support above and beyond. Supporting our personnel requests. Communication was fantastic every step of the way. Thankyou from the bottom of our hearts, you made a difficult time a lot easier.