Around 200 people are believed to have joined Mitch, Amy's mum Janis and the family at the private service to pay their last respects to the troubled singer.
They listened to 60-year-old Mitch as he ended his moving eulogy with the words: "Goodnight, my angel, sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much."
Then they sang Carole King's 1971 song So Far Away.
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A spokesman for the family said: "Mitch was funny, he told some great stories from her childhood about how head-strong she was, and clearly the family and friends recognised the stories and laughed along."He stressed so many times she was happier now than she had ever been and he spoke about her boyfriend and paid tribute to a lot of people in her life."
Among those invited to the ceremony at Edgwarebury Cemetery in North London were Kelly Osbourne, DJ Mark Ronson, singer Bryan Adams and Amy's goddaughter Dionne Bromfield.
Grief ... the pain at Amy's death is clearly etched on the faces of Mitch and Winehouse mum Janis
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Friends ... Kelly Osbourne and Mark Ronson
Her parents emerged from the chapel a few minutes later. Her boyfriend Reg Traviss and brother Alex were among the last to come out.
After the service, throngs of fans lined the roads outside the cemetery as Amy's body was taken to a crematorium.
Comforted ... family and friends console heartbroken Mitch
Guests left clutching a picture of the star and described the service as "wonderful".
Family friend Alfie Ezekiel said: "Mitch gave a very good eulogy and he managed to get through it very well, considering."
Devastated ... Amy's boyfriend Reg Traviss
Ben Eade/T Desai/GoffPhotos.com Alfie, from Loughton, Essex, added: "It was very moving."
One mourner said Mitch's eulogy had been "emotional". They added: "He said that she would be carried in his heart. They were in contact three times a day, always, wherever she was.
Goddaughter ... Dionne Bromfield looks deep in thought
Big Pictures Shelley Rotbart joined fans gathered outside Golders Green Crematorium and said Amy was among a host of stars to be cremated there.
Mrs Rotbart, 46, said: "Marc Bolan of T-Rex, Keith Moon the drummer for The Who and Peter Sellers were all brought here when they died.
Video: Amy Winehouse laid to rest
FRIENDS and family of Amy Winehouse gather for her funeral in North LondonTroubled Amy's funeral came days after her untimely death at her home in Camden, North London. There has been speculation that booze and drugs had a role to play.
But police said it could take up to four weeks until results from toxicology tests to establish the cause of death come back. A post-mortem was inconclusive.
Brother ... Alex Winehouse arrives at crematorium
Ben Eade/T Desai/GoffPhotos.com And her film director boyfriend Reg, 35, spoke of his grief, saying: "I can't describe what I'm going through."
One person missing from Amy's funeral was her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 29 - who was denied compassionate leave from Armley prison in Leeds, where he is serving 32 months for burglary and a firearm offence.
Guests ... Heshima and Zalon Thompson, and Bryan Adams, right, were among those attending Amy Winehouse's funeral
Xsposure / Getty Jade Burgess, 22, added: "I was actually planning to see her in concert but I never got to — it really is sad."
Emotional ... singer Remi Nicole hugs a fellow mourner at Amy Winehouse funeral
Meanwhile, singer Adele said Amy "paved the way for artists like me".
Tributes ... fans have laid flowers at Amy Winehouse's former home in Camden
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