Acknowledgements

MURCHISON - The family of the late Donald (Dan) Murchison MBE, would like to thank all who conveyed messages of sympathy following their recent loss. Sincere thanks to all at Ward 7A, Raigmore Hospital for their care and kindness. Special thanks to Rev. Mike Rattenbury for his personal service and to D. Chisholm & Sons for their funeral guidance.

MCCULLOCH - The family of the late James McCulloch would like to convey their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and neighbours for the kindness and support extended to them following their sad loss. Special thanks to all at Lynemore Care Home, Grantown on Spey for their care and attention. Grateful appreciation to The Very Reverend J. S. Bell for his comforting service and to D. Chisholm & Sons for their personal care and attention. Finally, thanks to all those who came to pay their last respects and who kindly donated to the Highland Hospice in his memory.

CHISHOLM - Andrew, Mhairi, Keith, John and their families would like to thank everyone who extended sympathy to them and shared their memories and excellent stories following their sad loss of Bill. Thanks to those who saw Bill off from Chisholm's and gathered at the Crematorium, to the fire service for the respectful guard of honour, to Halde Pottinger for his fitting tribute, to all who tuned into the live stream and to D. Chisholm & Sons for their excellent handling of all funeral arrangements. Biggest thanks to the amazing staff who cared for Bill at Meallmore Lodge and to everyone who donated money towards Diabetes UK and raised £1,708 (oners).

BRUCE - The family of the late Ian McKay Bruce would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their kind expressions of sympathy by card, telephone and beautiful flowers. Thanks also to Kingsmills Care Home for their care and compassion, Riverside Medical Practice, Dr Grey and Dr Chima, Raigmore Hospital, Dr Rahman, New Craigs Hospital and Highland Home Carers for exceptional care and support. Also, Amanda Brown from Helping Hands and Flora Robertson from Alzheimer Scotland for their support and kindness. Many thanks to the Celebrant Glynis Woodhead for the lovely and fitting service. Finally thanks to Vicki Fraser and all at John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness for their sensitivity and support with the funeral arrangements. Kingsmills Road, Inverness.

CHISHOLM - The family of the late Elizabeth Margaret Chisholm wish to thank friends and neighbours for their kind words and support shown to them in their recent bereavement. Thanks to all who attended the funeral and for their kind donations to the Oncology Department, Raigmore Hospital, in recognition of their excellent care over the years. Special thanks to Rev. Fergus Robertson who kindly came out of retirement to give a lovely comforting service. Thanks also to all at John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness for their sensitivity and support with the funeral arrangements.

CHAMBERS - Harry, John and James would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for the kind expressions of sympathy and generous support received following the sad loss of Catherine. Special thanks to the Kingsmills Care Home for their wonderful care of Catherine and support for Harry. Sincere thanks to the Rev. David Scott and Rev. Farquhar Forbes for their comforting service at the church and graveside and to Doris and Gavin for organising the service. Grateful thanks to George and the excellent team at D. Chisholm & Sons for their sensitive and professional handling of all funeral arrangements and finally thanks to all those who kindly donated to Tearfund in Catherine's memory. The kindness shown by all in these difficult times means so much.

MACKINTOSH - Jordan's mum, dad, brothers and family would like to express their most sincere thanks to the many relatives, friends and neighbours who sent flowers, messages of sympathy and support after his sudden passing. Special thanks to Rev. Hugh Watt for his uplifting service remembering Jordan as the awesome young man he was. Finally a thank you to John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness, especially to Vicki Fraser and James Thomson, Jordan's driver, for their sensitivity, compassion and care with his funeral arrangements.

BUCHANAN - Ian and his extended family would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their kind expressions of sympathy received following the loss of June. Sincere thanks to Diane Morrison for her warm and comforting service at both the funeral home and graveside. Thanks to Oops A Daisy for the beautiful floral arrangements. Grateful thanks to all staff at William T. Fraser and Son for their professionalism in handling all funeral arrangements. Lastly to all who donated online and at the service, we are overwhelmed by your generosity, raising £533.00 for a cause very close to June's heart, RSPB.

DAVIDSON - The family of Edward George Davidson (Eddie) would like to give sincere thanks to all relatives, friends and customers of Eddie's Shop for their kind expressions of sympathy received following the loss of Eddie. Thanks to Rev. Grace Siromony for her comforting service. Many thanks to Contrast Care for their special care over the past year and staff of Ward 6C Raigmore Hospital, Riverside Medical Practice and Community Nurses for their care and kindness. Grateful thanks to all at William T. Fraser and Son for their sensitive and professional handling of the funeral arrangements at this difficult time. Finally, thanks to all who donated to the sum of £835 for Cheerful Chesters in his name.

MURRAY - The family of Charles Murray would like to express their sincere thanks to everyone for their support and messages sent during their recent sad loss. Very many grateful thanks to the staff at the Highland Hospice for the exceptional care given to Charles. Many thanks to Norma Higgott for her compassionate service. Our thanks to Sarah Maclean and colleagues at John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness for their care with the funeral arrangements.

STEWART - Mrs Belle Stewart and family wish to thank most sincerely all relatives, friends and neighbours for their kind expressions of sympathy extended to them in their recent sad bereavement; personally, by letter and telephone, also for all the beautiful floral tributes received. They would also like to thank doctors and staff at Burnfield Medical Practice and the excellent care provided from Castle Care Services. We would like to express our special thanks to Rev. Angus MacRae for his pastoral care and uplifting service, along with the whole Free North Church family. Finally, thank you to John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness, for their excellent funeral arrangements.Ardholm Place,Inverness.

MURRAY - The family of the late Bill Murray wishes to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for the many expressions of sympathy and kindness shown to us following the sad loss of our dad, granda, great-granda and brother. Thanks to all that attended the service at William Fraser's both in person and through the live streaming. Thanks to The Fire Service who provided a fitting guard of honour and to Bill Fraser and all at William T Fraser and Son for the sensitive handling of all the funeral arrangements. Thanks to the staff of the NHS and Highland Homecare who enabled dad to stay at home for as long as possible and to the staff at the Highland Hospice who cared for dad in his final hours. Finally thanks to all who donated to the Hospice in his memory.

FRASER - The family of the late Sandy Fraser would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their expressions of sympathy following their recent sad loss. Special thanks to the staff of Ward 7A Raigmore Hospital, Rev. James Clark for his comforting service and for the care and attention shown by the staff of William T. Fraser and Son, Funeral Directors, Inverness.

RUSSELL - (Inverness and Fort Augustus). Sandy and his family would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their kind expressions of sympathy received following the loss of Ileen. Sincere thanks to Father Domenico for his warm and comforting service at both the funeral home and graveside. Thanks to Beaufort Hotel for hosting the funeral tea. Grateful thanks to all at William T. Fraser and Son for their sensitive and professional handling of all funeral arrangements. The kindness shown by all in these difficult times was most appreciated.

SHAW - Betty and Peter would like to express their sincere thanks to all relatives, friends and neighbours for the many kind expressions of sympathy shown to them in the sad loss of Jim. Grateful thanks also to the doctors and staff at Crown Medical Practice, Culloden Surgery, Castle Care and Cradlehall Care Home for their excellent care and attention. Special thanks to Rev. David Scott and Rev. Farquhar Forbes for all their support and most personal and uplifting service and to Sarah Maclean and all at John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness for their assistance and sensitivity with the funeral arrangements.

CELLI - Mario Celli and family would like to thank all staff at Cradlehall Nursing Home and the nurses and doctors at St Olaf for their care and attention to Claire whilst she was in their care. Thanks to all the friends who attended the graveside service and thanks to Father John Allen for his assistance. Thanks to Vicki Fraser and Sarah Maclean and all at John Fraser & Son of Chapel Street, Inverness for their care and attention with the funeral arrangements.

MACPHERSON - Kathleen and family would like to thank everyone for all the kind phone calls, letters and cards which were received following the sudden and sad death of Martin, a loving husband, dad and granda. Thanks also to all those who donated money in Martin's memory, a sum of £1,475 was received which will be divided between Trinity Church, Highland Hospice and Munlochy Animal Aid. We would also like to thank D. Chisholm & Sons for their compassionate arrangements.

MACAULAY - The family of the late Catherine Etta Macaulay would like to thank all those who offered support and sympathy to them following their recent sad loss. Grateful thanks to the carers and the SOS team for their kindness and assistance, the community nurses, in particular Emma, Angela and Diane for their care and attention whilst attending to Catherine at home, and to D. Chisholm & Sons for their funeral guidance.

MACINTYRE - Mairi, Liam and family wish to thank relatives, friends and neighbours of the late Mary Macintyre for their kind expressions of love, sympathy and support. They also wish to thank all those who cared for her from Gateway, ERS, HHC, The Good Care Group and the NHS. They treated Mary with dignity and respect enabling her to live out her life at home which meant the world to her. Thank you.

MACKINTOSH - (Croy). The family of the late Helen (Nellie) MacKintosh would like to thank all relatives, friends and neighbours for their many kind expressions of sympathy shown to them at this sad time. Special thanks to those who cared for mam during her last few weeks, to Rev. Robert Brookes for his personal and comforting service and to everyone who came out and paid their respects in the village on the day of the funeral. Also, heartfelt thanks to Callum Ross and his colleagues at David M. Ellen for their professionalism, care and compassion throughout.