SIMPLY CREMATIONS - Key Persons


Carla Turner

Job Titles:
  • Funeral Director
  • Owner
I'm a Mother of 5 amazing children ranging from 10 to 23yrs.

Gayle Melrose

Job Titles:
  • Funeral Director
  • Owner
I began my working life in the medical world at the Auckland Hospital in 1969. My position was in the Histopathology laboratory dealing with surgical and post mortem tissues in preparation for the pathologist diagnosis. I left the laboratories to begin my family and re-entered that profession in the 1980 and 1990's. I branched out into other careers in Travel and then Marketing and Sales to Corporate Companies and in the offshore super yacht industry where my sporting passion in the yachting arena proved beneficial. I have two daughters and a large family of grandchildren and close immediate family, with two sisters and a brother. Two of my siblings reside in the BOP.

Phil Turner - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Owner
I was born and raised in Tauranga and now living in beautiful Te Awamutu where my wife Carla and I live with our children. I have worked directly with a wide range of people from all walks of life over the last 15 years as part of my work in the funeral industry, within local government as well as my involvement in the community through our other businesses.