Author Topic: Colourful funerals  (Read 1627 times)

Jaded

  • The Codfather
  • Formerly known as Jaded
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Colourful funerals
« Reply #26 on: 23 June, 2023, 09:54:39 am »
My parent's were both cremated, as per their wills.

It left us feeling a bit adrift. No idea what to do with the ashes, I was going to scatter them up where Dad grew up, but have since found that it isn't permitted on the location.

Having a location, a gravesite, means a lot to people. My grandmother was buried in an unmarked plot and it created a family rift (some wanted a headstone, some didn't want to pay).



<i>Marmite slave</i>

Re: Colourful funerals
« Reply #27 on: 23 June, 2023, 09:42:15 pm »
MiL had a wear something colourful funeral. I came in quite a bright floral shirt and black suit, but half the family took “colourful” to mean a subdued tartan tie. Which felt a bit odd.

IanDG

  • The p*** artist formerly known as 'Windy'
    • the_dandg_rouleur
Re: Colourful funerals
« Reply #28 on: 23 June, 2023, 11:30:58 pm »
My dad requested that everyone wear something red.

dad samba video by ian, on Flickr

Re: Colourful funerals
« Reply #29 on: 24 June, 2023, 09:37:01 am »
Remembering Barry Mason of Southwark Cyclists funeral. He had not stepped inside a car for many years. A posse of cyclists towed his wicker coffin on a trailer up to the place in Norwood (?) where the ceremony was held.
Honor Oak Crematorium