Stories from: Chapel Lawn Village Hall, Shropshire

I’m going to talk to my Dad about his wishes. He’s 90, but he’s very well and active. I can

When my mother was cremated, my brother and I decided to scatter her ashes on the same rose bed my

My dad died of cancer just before I was 17. I was an only child and very close to my

Many years ago I was teaching a six-year-old West Indian boy. He as a delightful child; cheerful lively and great

When my sister-in-law was buried in a woven casket, during the service a butterfly was fluttering at the stained glass

After my Mum died my Dad and I went to see her in the chapel of rest. They had made

I saw my first dead body when I was about 9 or 10. A man had taken his life jumping

I talked to my children about which of my possessions they’d like. My son said ‘the hose and the car’.

Are death and funerals for the living or the dead?