Coronavirus – Covid-19
As we head into July, the funeral world is looking more like its old self though there is still a way to go, and things change week by week. Face to Face: we are now holding socially-distanced arrangement meetings in our office; the option remains to use Zoom or the...
Funeral Car Trouble
Gloucester car wash jockey hit the back window with his metal ended lance, which crazed like a rifle shot as we were transporting the empty coffin to where the person was at rest an hour before the funeral. Despite clear film overlaid there was glass everywhere and an...Keeping the body at home
If you are with someone who is dying at the very end of their life, experience has shown that it can be helpful to encourage the person to let go, reassuring them that they are doing the right things and so ease their passing. It is said that hearing is the last of...Gloucestershire events and talks with artists whose work is relevant to funerals
Bellecouche For the first of this series, we hosted this talk with Yuli Somme, a wonderful textile artist and the creator of Bellecouche felted woollen shrouds, at Stratford Park, as part of the Stroud International Textile Festival. It was clearly an antique and very...Family Tree Funeral Company featured on Points West
Family Tree Funeral company was featured on BBC Points West.What to do when someone dies
We will tell you exactly what to do, and help and guide you through each of the different stages.