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Our People
OUR PEOPLE
Growing up in a funeral family
You could say funeral directing is in the blood of Hope and Sons current owners and operators, Michael and Lyndon. When you are raised in and around funerals, death becomes a normal part of life, not unexpected. Their dads, Ian and Brian, always talked about the funerals they were directing and who they were helping at the moment. Both Michael and Lyndon remember going to work with their dads as youngsters, helping to wash cars and playing with the casket trolleys. As they grew older they helped during the school holidays, with duties such as trimming caskets and again washing the company cars, and later driving and helping at funerals. Michael continued to work in the family business during his university holidays. All these experiences gave Michael and Lyndon a good grounding in the ethics and responsibilities of being a funeral director, and an appreciation of all the ideals that have made the Hope family firm what it is today.
Michael Hope
Managing Director
After graduating from Otago University in 1987, Michael joined the family firm and began training as an embalmer and funeral director. He attended Musselburgh School, Tahuna Intermediate, and Bayfield High School. He completed his Funeral Service Qualifications in 1993. Appointed as Managing Director in 2002, Michael became the 4th member of the Hope family to hold this role. He strives to continue the Hope families' commitment to providing the best possible funeral directing services, in a calm, professional and friendly manner. He has been the treasurer and president of the New Zealand Embalmers Association (1996), and the President of the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (2006). He has been vice-president of Men's Basketball Otago Association, and is a life member and previous treasurer and president of the Andersons Bay Basketball Club. Michael leads a busy life with wife, Jannette, and 2 children's, Jodie and AJ, sport and school activities at Tahuna and Bayfield. He coaches and plays basketball albeit socially now and enjoys quiet family time on their farmlet and at Karitane.
Contact: michael@hopeandsons.co.nz
Lyndon Hope
Director
After following a career in hospitality, which put him in good stead to bring the principles of quality and service to Hope & Sons clients, Lyndon began fulltime with Hope & Sons in 1996 and completed his funeral directing qualifications in 1999. Lyndon was educated at St Clair Primary, Macandrew Intermediate and Otago Boys High School. He is one of the fourth generation of the Hope family to own and manage the business. He has been a director since 1999. Lyndon has been the chairman of the FDANZ Public Relations Committee and the chairman of the FDANZ Otago Southland District. He is on the National Executive of the FDANZ. He is currently a member of the Dunedin Rotary Club, a trustee at Silverstream School, and on the OBHS Foundation. Lyndon and his wife Elizabeth currently live in Mosgiel and are enjoying raising their two boys Josh and Sam. He is a keen golfer and enjoys rugby and time at the family crib at Karitane.
Contact: lyndon@hopeandsons.co.nz
Jannette Hope
Manager
Jannette is a manager involved in HR management (the employees), funeral quality systems and procedures, participates in the Board, management and staff meetings, co-ordinates our ongoing employee education, and supervises the printing and multi-media, and catering. Jannette (nee Flavell) grew up in Highcliff, and attended Andersons Bay School, Tahuna Intermediate, and Bayfield High School. She has worked and managed restaurants and bars, and has managed and owned and operated catering firms at the Dunedin Town Hall, and Continental Caterers at Forbury Park Raceway. She still plays basketball, and played at age-group and senior representative level for Otago. Her whakapapa is Nga Puhi and Ngai Tahu. Jannette has been actively involved in Michael's participation in the professional organisations, has travelled widely visiting funeral homes, and attending informative and educational conferences and seminars, developing a wide ranging knowledge and appreciation of the funeral profession.
Contact: jannette@hopeandsons.co.nz
Elizabeth Hope
Supervisor/Embalmer
Liz grew up in the farming regions of Middlemarch and Oamaru. She attended school at Strath Taieri, then Totara, North Otago, and Waitaki Girls High School. She trained as an embalmer at Hope and Sons in 1991, attaining her national qualification in embalming. Liz joined the embalming and funeral assisting team upon graduation and worked with Hope and Sons until she had a short break to raise her new family. She is now responsible for the facility management and cleaning, is actively involved with the mortuary team and supervisors the embalmers, assisting in regular training and maintenance of standards and supervising the new embalmers to their national qualification levels. She is a member of the New Zealand Embalmers Association. Liz is actively involved in the kid's school, Silverstream, Mosgiel.
Professional and caring registered funeral directors
Johanna Kinvig, Andrew Maffey, Donna Jenkins, Gary Wybrow, and John Finlayson
Hope and Sons funeral team are passionate about their chosen careers. Our funeral directors and embalmers are all actively supported in achieving and maintaining their respective national qualifications. Collectively they represent many years of dedicated skills and experience. You can be assured that our funeral directors will bring their experience, knowledge and skills to support and assist your family through this most difficult of times. At Hope and Sons we know that when a death of someone close occurs, it can be difficult to think clearly and make decisions. We are able to give clear, professional guidance and advice in all circumstances. We pride ourselves in our attention to detail, our quiet care and our friendly nature. Hope and Sons provides its funeral directors with excellent resources and facilities so that the families we serve have a personal and meaningful funeral experience. In addition, the company is a member of the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand Inc (FDANZ), Selected Independent Funeral Homes (USA), and Funeral-Link, and is therefore bound by the Code of Ethics and Conduct of each of these organisations. We have a long involvement with the New Zealand Embalmers Association Inc.
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