Freedom Funerals

152 reviews

A family-run funeral service tailored to how families want to remember their loved one, across Essex and Suffolk.

Latest Verified Reviews

Janet Woods 16th Apr 2022

Thank you   for making it so easy for me to arrange my husbands funeral  I  appreciated the little caring touches you added to make it all more bearable 

Paul Attwood 3rd Apr 2022

Lee was very helpful, friendly and compassionate,a very professional service

Michelle . 2nd Apr 2022

Lee at Freedom was the most professional, helpful and compassionate person. He guided me through the organisation of my aunts funeral from the start to the finish with helpful, honest advice.

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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

Freedom House, Hawkins Rd
Colchester
Essex
CO2 8JY

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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: 01206 879962

About Us

Funeral director Lee Jaschok and his friendly team are on call day and night, to support people in Colchester community and wider area, when somebody dies.

They believe that families should be able to arrange the funeral they really want, from a simple traditional service to a bespoke ceremony that reflects how someone lived their life.

A member of the Association of Green Funeral Directors, this considerate Colchester funeral home can tailor a woodland burial for your loved one, or a full traditional funeral, listening to families from the moment they first call and providing sympathetic support and advice.

It’s important to Lee and his team that families have the freedom to choose options that also suit their budget. This Essex funeral home believes in clear pricing with no hidden costs and respectful consideration of every family they serve. Payment plans are also available.

Freedom Funerals provides a wealth of funeral choices to help families personalise their loved one’s funeral, from Cadillac and campervan hearses, to coffins with meaningful motifs.

For people planning ahead, the Colchester funeral home provides a free Funeral Wishes service, while bereaved families can take their time to decide upon memorial masonry, remembrance jewellery and plaques available. For families who live further away, this funeral home can also provide a headstone cleaning and maintenance service.

Call Freedom Funerals for sympathetic care and practical support in arranging a meaningful funeral for your loved one.

Latest Obituaries

Gary   Bremner

Gary Bremner

Jul 1968 - Jan 2024

Alison   Davies-Evans

Alison Davies-Evans

Dec 1932 - Dec 2023

Anita   Rowntree

Anita Rowntree

Jun 1941 - Dec 2023

Clare   Gale

Clare Gale

Jul 1969 - Nov 2023

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Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Janet Woods 16th Apr 2022

    Thank you   for making it so easy for me to arrange my husbands funeral
     I  appreciated the little caring touches you added to make it all more bearable 

  • 5 Paul Attwood 3rd Apr 2022

    Lee was very helpful, friendly and compassionate,a very professional service

  • 5 Michelle . 2nd Apr 2022

    Lee at Freedom was the most professional, helpful and compassionate person. He guided me through the organisation of my aunts funeral from the start to the finish with helpful, honest advice.

  • 5 Laura . 16th Mar 2022

    I have been extremely pleased with how accommodating Lee has been with our funeral requests. Communication has been clear throughout.
    Lee was happy to do all requests made. He was also a good person to talk to when certain choices were quite upsetting.
    I would highly recommend using them if ever required in the future

  • 4 Ann May 13th Mar 2022

    Lee has been very helpful during this difficult time and I will be happy to write a review after Colin is laid to. Rest. Many thanks Ann May

  • 5 Barbara . 1st Mar 2022

    Lee Jaschok and all the team at Freedom Funerals did an excellent and outstanding job for Mum. Everything was perfect and just the way Mum would have wanted it. The Ceremony was beautiful and led by Roxanne Cawdron who took the time to get to know Mum through us, and delivered a loving, kind and thoughtful service. I cannot thank them all enough for their kindness, help and guidance through the whole process. Lee was also such a help to us in guiding us through all the different aspects of officialdom after Mum passed and was the voice of calming reassurance with a guiding hand. This was such a great help to us her family, at a time when you do not know what to do or who to turn to.

  • 5 Clair Thompson 21st Feb 2022

    Lee at Freedom Funerals has made the whole process effortless. Thank you for all your help Lee. Can’t recommend you enough xx

  • 5 Jill Mead 31st Jan 2022

    Freedom funerals explained the process and answered all our questions they were very helpful and understanding

  • 5 Gail . 30th Jan 2022

    Thankyou so much for making the arrangements so simple at a difficult time.

  • 5 Lian . 3rd Jan 2022

    Lee at freedom funerals was exceptional he really made it the best service for my mum as he could. He advised us every step of the way the process. He gave us Time to sit with my mum, me and my dad felt like we had all the time we needed with her. The after care has also been exceptional also my dad worrying about the bill, lee quickly put my dad's mind at ease. The price was cheaper then I was expecting all in all very happy with the service overall.

  • 5 James Stevenson 24th Dec 2021

    Excellent personal service from Lee and Freedom Funerals. Highly recommended.

  • 5 Sue Moaks 14th Dec 2021

    At a time when i was surrounded by loss i was lucky enough to find Lee and Freedom funerals. Im regrettably not new to loosing family members and previously we have used well known national and local directors to help with arrangements, they have always been respectful but ive never felt like leaving a review or comment to them. Freedom funeral service is diffrent in that it is a truely a personal service - no question or request is to much or too silly to ask, its such a relief to know that your loved ones are being taken cared for and Lee is very honest and open about all aspects. Every detail of the final moments were dealt with in such a personal matter, even overseeing specific flowers because they meant so much to my mum.

    Whilst i hope not to need his services again for a little while i will never use anyone else again and cant stress enough how good Freedom and Lee's services are.

  • 5 Daisy . 15th Nov 2021

    Lee was so kind and supportive through making arrangement for Dads funeral. Having never organised something like this before and complex family dynamics it was a tricky one. Lee was there every step of the way and I’m so grateful to him and his team. Thank you Lee you made things that bit easier through a difficult time. I’d highly recommend Freedom to anyone looking for a personal and considerate service.

  • 5 Brandon . 26th Oct 2021

    Treats the family and deceased with great passion, kindness and respect. Ensures to listen to you and does whatever he can to ensure that what you and the deceased would have wanted receive. He made sure to get to know about the person we had pass away which was the sweetest thing we could have asked for.

  • 5 Christine Sewell 3rd Oct 2021

    As such a very emotional time Lee was so very good and help me through the process with so much help and compassion. There was nothing that was too small for Lee to help with and so understanding. I felt that Lee went above and beyond in all his help and support, Lee was very accommodating. It was so hard arranging a funeral for your 36 year old son, without the help and support of Lee I don't think that I would have got through it. On the day of the funeral everything was perfect and again the support given was tremendous . Right from the start of contacting Lee he was always there to guide me through the process. Thank you so much Lee for everything. Chris

  • 5 Roy . 27th Sep 2021

    Very happy with there service 

  • 5 Mrs Mason 27th Sep 2021

    Excellent service
    very approachable
    nothing was too much trouble answered all out questions when ever needed however small 

  • 5 John . 14th Jul 2021

    I cannot thank Lee enough not only a wonderful service but a very good price

  • 5 Jeff . 25th Jun 2021

    Lee and his team were absolutely brilliant in making such a tough time progress seamlessly. Highly recommended. 

  • 5 Josie . 18th May 2021

    Lee and his staff were amazing on the day, I had a lot of meeting with Lee and phone conversations he is just great! always happy to hear from me he made me laugh a lot which I love as it made me organising the funeral for my mum so so much easier and not so traumatic for me as I have never lost anyone so close to me until now, I can not thank you enough Lee for everything u did for me and my mum,
    Thank you xx

    Josie Harvey

  • 5 Margaret . 15th May 2021

    would recomend freedom funerals to anyone who need these services. very friendly and professional.was kept updated of all that was happening and what was needed at a time when not thinking straight

  • 5 Emma . 6th Apr 2021

    Extremely,kind helpful and understanding,could not have asked for more, thank you.

  • 5 Alison . 5th Apr 2021

    Freedom Funerals provided an excellent service. They listened to us, made helpful suggestions and provided information, then responded to our needs sensitively and without the slightest pressure. Not dreary or austere, they were respectful without being intimidating or over-formal. They helped us get through a difficult time and to made the approach and the day of the funeral a step on our healing journey. Our thanks to Freedom Funerals.

  • 5 Kalin . 4th Apr 2021

    Lee at Freedom Funerals was fantastic in organising my Nan’s funeral, he was so accommodating and did everything we asked for. Nan had the perfect send off and it was all down to Lee and his team, and our fantastic celebrant. Thank you so much Freedom Funerals! 

  • 5 Stephanie . 20th Mar 2021

    Lee at Freedom Funerals was so kind and comforting to deal with in making the arrangements and his words at the service were excellent. The whole experience made it so much easier for me and took the worry away from a very difficult time. I would highly recommend Freedom Funerals.

Address
Freedom House, Hawkins Rd
Colchester
Essex
CO2 8JY

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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

Janet Woods 16th Apr 2022

Thank you   for making it so easy for me to arrange my husbands funeral  I  appreciated the little caring touches you added to make it all more bearable 

Paul Attwood 3rd Apr 2022

Lee was very helpful, friendly and compassionate,a very professional service

Michelle . 2nd Apr 2022

Lee at Freedom was the most professional, helpful and compassionate person. He guided me through the organisation of my aunts funeral from the start to the finish with helpful, honest advice.

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