Freedom Funerals
A family-run funeral service tailored to how families want to remember their loved one, across Essex and Suffolk.
Funeral Services
- Traditional burial
- Simple funeral
- Traditional cremation
- Home visit
- On-site parking
- Chapel of rest
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
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.
What Families Say
AI SummaryMany families emphasise the personal care they received throughout the process, describing how the funeral director listened carefully to their wishes and treated them with genuine compassion during an emotionally difficult time. Several mention that staff were consistently available, answering questions patiently and accommodating requests without making them feel rushed or pressured into unnecessary services.
Families frequently note that the funeral day itself ran smoothly and felt meaningful, often mentioning how the service reflected their loved one's life and personality rather than following a standard format. A number describe the recommendations made for celebrants as particularly helpful in shaping a service that matched their needs.
Many families highlight that costs were transparent and reasonable, with several commenting that prices were significantly lower than they expected or had encountered elsewhere, and that there were no hidden charges or pressure to upgrade services.
This summary is generated by AI from recent verified reviews.
Verified Reviews
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Professional Standards
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NAFD Member
Members agree to a published Code of Practice and can be held to account through the Association if something goes wrong.
What they do
- Inspects member premises to check standards are being met
- Runs a complaints and resolution service for bereaved families
- Provides funeral training and professional qualifications
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SAIF Member
Businesses are checked before they are admitted to SAIF and work to the Society’s Code of Practice.
What they do
- Inspects businesses before granting membership
- Represents independent and family-owned funeral directors
- Offers free, independent arbitration if something goes wrong
Latest Verified Reviews
Steve Huggins 13th May 2019
Freedom funerals are by far the best in the business. Lee and his son couldn’t have done anymore for me, they provided the best service for my dad and took great care in doing so. Such a caring family run business. Highly recommended. From Steven
Lee Hearn 13th Apr 2019
A very professional family run funeral directors. From the time they are asked to look after a loved one then you become part of there family. If there is anything they can do in anyway to make it as easy and respectful as possible they will. From the time when they looked after my bro last year and then to look after my mum from when she past to they day we layed her to rest. Just outstanding professional wonderful people. God bless and thank you to you all. Lee Hearn.
John Coates 31st Mar 2019
From the first meeting to the final day, compassionate, understanding, proactive to our needs and caring. Thank you so much on behalf of all the family.