Katie Mills Independent Funeral Service

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A local, family owned and run, and completely independent funeral director in Paignton, located in the heart of Torbay and serving the entire surrounding area.

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Kim Warren 21st Jan 2023

We decided to use Katie and Rob for my mother's funeral and we are so glad we did. They are supportive, kind and most of all there for us no matter how daft the request we had. Highly recommended them to anyone.

Angela Gill 13th Jan 2023

Excellent service from start to finish , very friendly , put you at ease from the beginning of the process and very transparent on all the costs that are involved . Katie and Rob certainly made it very easy to sort out all the planing of the funeral and gave us some lovely ideas . A wonderful tribute to my brother thank you .very much .Would highly recommend their services.

Debbie Hands 13th Jan 2023

Katie and Rob are just amazing. They are so professional whilst, at the same time they are helping you and guiding you very gently in the right direction. Nothing is to much for them, and they certainly do go the extra mile and beyond. They made such a devastating time as simple and as easy as possible.  I had only ever read and heard good reports about Katie and Rob. So from my family and I we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  You did my dad proud. 

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Funeral arrangements

  • Home visit
  • 24 hour telephone support
  • On-site parking
  • Chapel of rest
  • Hearse
  • Limousine
  • Horse-drawn hearse
  • Bespoke vehicle
  • Coffin
  • Personalised coffin
  • Casket
  • Headstone / Plaque
  • Urn
  • Memorial jewellery
  • Floral tributes
  • Charitable donations
  • Newspaper announcement
  • Online obituary
  • Memorial book
  • Order of service sheets
  • Music
  • Video tribute
  • Funeral webcasting
  • Catering
  • Dove release
  • Balloon release
  • Fireworks

Types of funeral

  • Traditional burial
  • Simple funeral
  • Traditional cremation
  • Green funeral
  • Direct cremation
  • Burial at sea
  • Non-religious funeral
  • Anglican funeral
  • Roman Catholic funeral
  • Muslim funeral
  • Jewish funeral
  • Sikh funeral
  • Hindu funeral
  • Buddhist funeral
  • Children’s funeral

Financial arrangements

  • Financial advice
  • Wills & probate
  • Pre-paid funeral plan

Additional services

  • Repatriation
  • Bereavement counselling
  • List of mourners

Location

342 Torquay Rd
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 2DQ

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours
Call: 01803 228250

About Us

A local, family owned and run, and completely independent funeral director in Paignton, located in the heart of Torbay and serving the entire surrounding area. Katie and Rob opened the business together in 2020, after buying and completely refurbishing the funeral home.

With bright, welcoming premises that now include a large reception area, a comfortable arranging room and two dedicated chapels of rest, both of which can be used as small service chapels, Katie and Rob have created a truly welcoming and comfortable place for you to plan the perfect farewell.

Katie Mills Independent Funeral Service can help you to arrange any kind of service that you wish for. With a full range of specialist hearses available, ranging from traditional Daimler hearses and limousines, to executive black and white Range Rovers, to alternative options such as horse drawn carriages, and a trike-and-trailer combination, you will always be given a wide range of options.

Katie Mills Funeral Service do not charge upfront fees, and provide the same level of excellent services to everyone who needs them, regardless of your financial situation.

Phone today for a first-class funeral service in Paignton and the whole of the Torbay region. Katie Mills Independent Funeral Service are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Kim Warren 21st Jan 2023

    We decided to use Katie and Rob for my mother's funeral and we are so glad we did. They are supportive, kind and most of all there for us no matter how daft the request we had. Highly recommended them to anyone.

  • 5 Angela Gill 13th Jan 2023

    Excellent service from start to finish , very friendly , put you at ease from the beginning of the process and very transparent on all the costs that are involved . Katie and Rob certainly made it very easy to sort out all the planing of the funeral and gave us some lovely ideas . A wonderful tribute to my brother thank you .very much .Would highly recommend their services.

  • 5 Debbie Hands 13th Jan 2023

    Katie and Rob are just amazing. They are so professional whilst, at the same time they are helping you and guiding you very gently in the right direction. Nothing is to much for them, and they certainly do go the extra mile and beyond. They made such a devastating time as simple and as easy as possible. 
    I had only ever read and heard good reports about Katie and Rob. So from my family and I we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  You did my dad proud. 

  • 5 John Butler 13th Jan 2023

    Katie and Rob were very helpful and supportive at this difficult time.

  • 5 Shane Farrow 13th Jan 2023

    During the hardest and darkest days of my life so far Katie and Rob guided me with professionalism and consideration and delivered a service second to none. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Thank you Katie Mills independent funeral service.

  • 5 Samantha Smith 4th Dec 2022

    Gave mum a great send off couldn't have asked for any more .lovely personal service from a great family business.would reccomend to all.

  • 5 Rachel Walters 31st Oct 2022

    Thank you so much, Katie Mills and Rob. I could not thank you enough. Thank you for your ongoing support, you’ve been supportive from the very first initial appointment and I’m so pleased we keep in touch. You did my Dad proud and I’m grateful for your kindness, dignity, respect shown throughout. I will forever recommend and talk highly of you, both. 

  • 5 Lou Williams 20th Oct 2022

    From the first time we called Katie and Rob we knew we we had made the right choice for dad . They are such caring honest people. Mum was given all the support while going through such a sad time  they are like family. I cannot thank you both enough and will be forever grateful for making a sad day a lovely memory . 

  • 5 Alexia Andrews 19th Oct 2022

    Absolutely amazing! Couldn't ask for better funeral directors, very warm and friendly, was made to feel very comfortable and they always went that extra mile, I knew my husband was in safe hands. I will always remember how special and unique Seans coffin was. Fr the bottom of my heart Thank You.

  • 5 Deborah Drew 1st Oct 2022

    Katie, Rob & Brian,

    Thank you so much for making my Auntie’s funeral a special day, from start to finish.

    II would highly recommend your services to anyone.

    Thanks

    Deb & Steve.

  • 5 Lucie O'Shea 3rd Sep 2022

    Kate and rob went above and beyond for my family. No one wants to plan a funeral but we could not have picked anyone better to handle dads funeral. They was on call from start to finish very professional and caring at all times. Beautiful people we will forever be grateful for ❤️

  • 5 Francasca Womack 11th Aug 2022

    Cannot thank them enough for everything that they have done for us. When my mother in law passed away, Katie and Rob was there for us every step of the way even now. They made this heart breaking process as easy for us as possible telling us everything we needed to do and how to do it. 5* service and everything was adaptable go make it a unique send off for my Mother in Law. thank you both. 

  • 5 Shelley McCormack 27th Jun 2022

    Excellent in every way. I couldn’t recommend Katie highly enough. Thank you so much 

  • 5 Dee Eckett 14th Jun 2022

    Very very kind + very very compassionate while dealing with my late husband's funeral. Also very kind + with the help of Katie Mills I was able to give my late husband the best send off he deserved, even down to the design of the order of the service, in which katie designed it was so so personal to my late husband it was amazing every one complmented on it. Katie + Rob from the start to the finish have been amazing nothing has been a problem I was able to talk to them any time of the day or night.

  • 5 John Kemp 13th Jun 2022

    Katie Mills funeral Services made the whole process simple and straight forward, providing great empathy, support and resolutions to our many queries during a difficult time.
    Katie and Rob's after care and home visits were very much appreciated too.
    So happy we chose them. We would not hesitate in recommending their services to others. A five star service.

  • 5 Mark Robbins 11th Jun 2022

    We found the Katie and Rob were really supportive during our difficult time. The service they provided for my Mums funeral was a beautiful celebration of her life which is what we wanted. Nothing was was too much for them. They made sure we knew what was happening every step of the way and made the whole thing as easy as a funeral can be. We can't recommend them highly enough and would certainly advise anyone who needs this service to choose Katie Mills.

  • 5 Lauren Boswell 7th Jun 2022

    From the moment we met Katie and Rob we knew they were the people we wanted to take care of our little boy. Nothing was ever to much for them, so kind, compassionate people. We will forever be grateful to them for taking such incredible care of our boy when we no longer could have him at home.

  • 5 Carla Lashmar 11th Mar 2022

    Katie took the time to listen, understand and support. A difficult time for any family to navigate which was made easier by Katie's empathy and professional manner. Whilst we hope that this is not a service we require again, we recommend without reservation for other families that are suffering life changing loss.
    Thank you Katie and the whole team.
    Carla Lashmar

  • 5 David Power 8th Mar 2022

    Excellent service from start to finish. Recommended.

  • 5 Janice Slack 7th Mar 2022

    Katie took great care of us from the first phone call .All ways kept us updated and nothing was too much trouble .We never felt pressured into having things we didn’t want .The funeral it’s self was just what we wanted and provided a fitting closure .All went very smoothly and we knew just how things would proceed .I can’t recommended Katie too much ,just lovely .

  • 5 Claire Jones 7th Mar 2022

    Katie was fantastic from the moment we met through to mum's funeral. She was so supportive and helpful with decision making and the team were so professional conducting the funeral. Nothing was too much trouble even down to making sure mum's cuddly toy could be incorporated in some way.

  • 5 Taylor Hall 21st Feb 2022

    Katie and Rob have gone beyond out of there way to make the send of for our boy Xavier Baxter the most beautiful send of we could have asked for which as much support we needed from both Rob and Katie whenever we needed them they was there and they also went out of there way to suggest things which made the funeral the best. Very personal and intimate. Would recommend them highly. 

  • 5 Caroline Barton 21st Feb 2022

    Katie & Rob & their team were superb throughout from start to finish. Nothing was too much trouble & they made themselves available to us 24/7.
    It is obvious they genuinely care so much about the families they look after & I would highly recommend their services to anyone.
    Thank you so much for providing such a wonderful send off for mum.
    Alison, Caroline & Nick x

  • 5 Kevin Wills 11th Feb 2022

    It was a beautiful service which was made very personal for the family. We were treated with care and sensitivity throughout the process, which thankfully helped to minimise any stress around arranging the funeral in such a distressing time. We would recommend this service to those who are looking for a funeral service who will take the time to make the day as good as it can be given the circumstances.

  • 5 Lisa Crout 9th Feb 2022

    Amazing service and couldn’t have asked for anything better, everything was personalised to how we wanted it and lovely people
    Thank you 

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Address
342 Torquay Rd
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 2DQ

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

Latest Verified Reviews

Kim Warren 21st Jan 2023

We decided to use Katie and Rob for my mother's funeral and we are so glad we did. They are supportive, kind and most of all there for us no matter how daft the request we had. Highly recommended them to anyone.

Angela Gill 13th Jan 2023

Excellent service from start to finish , very friendly , put you at ease from the beginning of the process and very transparent on all the costs that are involved . Katie and Rob certainly made it very easy to sort out all the planing of the funeral and gave us some lovely ideas . A wonderful tribute to my brother thank you .very much .Would highly recommend their services.

Debbie Hands 13th Jan 2023

Katie and Rob are just amazing. They are so professional whilst, at the same time they are helping you and guiding you very gently in the right direction. Nothing is to much for them, and they certainly do go the extra mile and beyond. They made such a devastating time as simple and as easy as possible.  I had only ever read and heard good reports about Katie and Rob. So from my family and I we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  You did my dad proud. 

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