We’re the Drurys. This is our family’s funeral home.
In September 2025, Leanne and I became the owners of Townsville Funerals, Cremations & Crematorium and Burdekin Funerals in Ayr.
We’re a local family, and we’re here every day — making the arrangements, answering the phone, and standing beside families at the service.
It started with losing my brother, Christopher.
I’m Robin. My younger brother, Christopher James Drury, died suddenly and tragically in February 1997. He was just 20.
In the days that followed, my Mum and Dad had to arrange a funeral for their son — something no parent should ever have to do.
The funeral director who guided our family through those arrangements became an integral part of the start of our journey with grief. His care, his patience and his honesty helped us through a time we could barely understand, and I have never forgotten him.
He was the ultimate influence that led me into this industry, with the hope that one day I might do for other families what he did for my Mum and Dad. Close to thirty years later, as a funeral director and celebrant, that hope still guides every family I meet.
Our son Elijah carries Christopher James as his middle names.
“Every family we meet gets the care I’d want for my own.”
Christopher James Drury
4 November 1976 – 14 February 1997Christopher is the reason I became a funeral director. These are some of the photos our family holds closest.
“His pure heart and loving smile lives on.”
From Christopher’s memorial plaqueSome things belong in family hands.
Across Australia, many long-standing family funeral homes have been purchased by big business. We respect that every owner has their reasons, but we believe some industries are better suited to family ownership than corporate ownership — and caring for a family after a death is one of them.
Leanne and I are proud that we are the only family owned and operated funeral home in Townsville. The decisions here are made by us, for the families of our community — and the people we answer to are the families we serve.
A path home, as the sun comes up.
Our logo is a walk at sunrise — a path winding towards the hill that watches over our city, with a new day breaking behind it.
To us, the path is the journey every family walks after someone they love has died. No one should have to walk it alone. The sunrise is a quiet promise that, in time, a new day does come.
Family values, in practice.
These are the things we talk about around our own kitchen table, and the standard we hold ourselves and our team to.
Honest
Clear prices, plain answers and no pressure. You’ll always know what you’re paying for and why.
Gentle
We go at your pace. Nothing is too small to ask, and no question is ever an inconvenience.
Local
Your loved one stays in our care, right here at home — including through The Gentle Way, cremation that never leaves local hands.
Personal
Every life is different. We take the time to know the person, so the farewell truly sounds like them.
A local funeral home, for generations to come.
Samara and Elijah are growing up around this work, and they see what it means to look after people. Our hope is simple: that Townsville and the Burdekin always have a funeral home owned by a local family — one that answers its own phone, knows its community, and remembers every person it has cared for.
Thank you for trusting us with the people you love.
Robin & Leanne DruryMeet the people who’ll care for your family.
Our arrangers, celebrants and funeral team are locals too. Get to know them before you need us.