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Brook Smith & Son is an independent, family-run funeral directors based in Skipton, North Yorkshire, serving Skipton and the surrounding areas. Founded in 1955 by Brook Smith as a joiners and funeral directors, the business has grown into one of the most modern and well-equipped funeral services in the region. The current premises, including a mortuary and chapel of rest, were added in 2001.
Today the business is run by Howard and Susan, Brook's son and daughter-in-law, and has recently welcomed their daughter Rebecca into the team. Susan, originally a qualified nurse, is the lead funeral director, while Howard oversees the in-house monumental side of the business. Rebecca, also a registered nurse, now works alongside her mother as a funeral director.
Brook Smith & Son offers a 24-hour, 365-days-a-year service and caters for a wide range of funeral types, from traditional burials and cremations to woodland burials and burials on private ground. Their sole aim is to ensure every family feels they have been able to adequately celebrate the life of their loved one with care, dignity, and personal attention to detail.
"Sensitive, caring, dignified from start to finish."
— Elaina D
"that feeling you just know all the arrangements are in good hands"
— Les Milner (about Susan and Howard)
Howard
Monumental Services
Howard, Brook Smith's son, runs the in-house monumental side of the business and has been instrumental in developing th…
Rebecca
Funeral Director
Rebecca, daughter of Howard and Susan, is a former registered nurse who has joined the family business as a funeral dir…
Susan
Lead Funeral Director
Susan originally trained and worked as a nurse and, after qualifying in 1992, became the leading funeral director at Br…
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