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Our story

Inner West Funerals was formed through a partnership between Kerri Mills and Olivia Andrews, driven by a shared vision to transform how our community experiences funerals. Our connection began at Picaluna, where we discovered our joint passion for offering more personalised and respectful services.

We actively engage families in creating celebrations that truly reflect the individuality and values of their loved one. Our commitment to transparency, collaboration, and excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We are more than just funeral directors, we are compassionate partners in your journey of remembrance.

Why Choose Us?

Choosing Inner West Funerals means selecting a team that deeply respects each and every life story. We ensure that farewells resonate with you and your family, focusing on the uniqueness of each service with meticulous care. This commitment is built on trust and is the cornerstone of the genuine support we provide.

*In this photo, we’re at a Memorial in Sydney Park, where despite being a little rained out, our spirits remained high. Rain, hail, or shine, we are there for you - committed to supporting you through every step of your journey.

Kerri Mills

Kerri, from Sydney’s Inner West, has been working as a funeral director, independently and with Picaluna, since 2017 and started as a funeral celebrant in 2008. Her extensive experience and her ability to connect with families enable her to work closely with you to create the perfect ceremony.

Kerri moved from the country to the Inner West at age 19 and has made it her home ever since. As a long-term resident of Dulwich Hill, Kerri has been an active member of her community for many years, volunteering at her children’s schools and other organisations, often organising or supporting fundraising events.

Kerri believes in crafting a personalised ceremony that reflects the unique personality of your loved one. Whether it's a song, the location, a religious ritual, or simply sharing a memory, each element can help connect and remember. Regardless of the style, she will deliver a ceremony with compassion and dignity.

Please reach out to see how Kerri can assist you.

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Olivia Andrews

Olivia Andrews is a funeral director, celebrant, counsellor, and psychotherapist based in Sydney’s Inner West, a community she is proud to call home. She is passionate about redefining the farewell experience so that every service becomes a meaningful and personal reflection of the individual it honours.

Alongside her funeral work, Olivia manages the Palliative Biography Service at St Vincent’s Sacred Heart Health Service, where she supports patients in telling their life stories. She also offers therapeutic and doula-style support to individuals in palliative care, including those living with dementia, and provides bereavement care for families.

Olivia is especially passionate about legacy work—whether through biography and life review, narrative therapy, sustainable funeral practices, or ceremonies that honour a life with authenticity, respect and care. She believes that the way we say goodbye can shape healing for those left behind, and that our final gestures can also give back to the earth. If given the choice, she would wish for a living wake, followed by her body nourishing the soil and helping a tree to grow.

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Picaluna felt that there was a much better way to conduct funerals, and are changing the way funerals are done for the better. This change is underpinned by their core purpose to help communities to honour, mourn, celebrate, heal and rejuvenate. Picaluna also chooses to donate 5% of our profit to your choice from one of our Picaluna Charity partners.

The Picaluna partnership supports IWF in the logistics required to arrange and conduct a funeral; including transfers, registering the death with Births, Deaths & Marriages, access to a vast range of suppliers, mortuary care, and invoicing. This allows us to spend more time with you, crafting and delivering a personalised ceremony, authentic to the one you loved.