Singing them out
Here’s a lovely story from the Isle of Anglesey, reported by the BBC. A local funeral celebrant, Tim Clark, has founded a choir to sing at funerals. He has named it Threnody. Tim says: “Many [secular] funerals are at crematoria, where there is not a tradition of choral singing. We aim to change that, and […]
Coffin and splutterin’
In the correspondence columns of the Feb Funeral Service Journal we find this touching plaint. Dig the velveteen undertakerly verbals, especially in the first sentence: Dear Sirs Re: The missing link One of the fundamental items provided by a Funeral Director is the coffin used to contain the mortal remains of our clients’ loved ones. When we […]
Nice obit
Really nice recent obit here from The Times: Hilary Ruth ALLEN Hilary Ruth (nee Castle). The family are sad to announce, after a long and brave 3 year battle with cancer the death of Hilary in Salisbury on the 5th January 2012, aged 67 years. She was a wonderful mother, wife and friend, whose presence […]
Is this the industry’s High Noon moment?
The funeral industry is in a bad place. Public reaction to last week’s Which? report revealed few friends. It also showed it to be no good at defending itself. Things are going to get worse. Time is running out. At the GFG we’ve lost count of the number of calls we’ve taken in the last […]
