Luke Apthorpe & Family - Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia
S 32° 49.200 E 151° 28.785
56H E 357689 N 6367644
Luke Apthorpe (and family) run their personalised funeral service from the centre of Kurri Kurri, but are able to go and assist anywhere within the Hunter Valley region.
Waymark Code: WMVPQC
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 05/15/2017
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From their website: (
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"Luke Apthorpe & Family Funeral Directors serves all areas surrounding Newcastle, and the Hunter Valley region, including Myall Lakes, Central Coast and Sydney."
Their motto is: "Leading the Way in Service & Care."
This company was formed in 2000, when Luke was 20 years old; tho his funeral experience started at age 16, when he was working in the Cessnock community.
Later he worked in Broadmeadow (Newcastle), before starting his own funeral home here in Kurri Kurri.
His experience has included going to the Republic of Cameroon in 2008 to assist in the Kenya Airways crash, as part of the Blakes International Emergency Response Team.
In 2013 Luke was elected to a representative regional position at the Australian Funeral Directors Association (AFDA), which he still holds.
Hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday [after these hours by appointment]
Phone: (02) 4937 5348 - Kurri Kurri office
Cessnock: 4991 5556
Photographed: 7.40 am, Monday, 25/1/2016