My Mother’s Funeral
My mother was the most wonderful mother in the whole world. Her Funeral went like a magic dream and all thanks to Pauline Tweddle who is one of the…
Category: Funeral Stories
Awkward Dealing with Ex-Wife
I had the misfortune of being at a funeral where all the ex-wives of my mother-in-law’s sons were at the funeral. This mind you with the current wives being…
Nasty Text Message after My Husband’s Funeral
Funeral upsets should be a category. It’s been four months and I’m still upset. My husband died after a long illness wherein I singlehandedly took care of him and…
Custom Urn Helped with Healing Process
My husband designs and creates custom wood urns and one of his clients this past year wrote an endearing and unique letter after she received her urn that was…
Awkward Photo Shoot
This is not so much a topic of bad funeral cause it was the events after the service that I felt made for a bad funeral. My husbands ex…
The Last Time by Rickshaw
In 2007 I started to work in the offices of a not for profit social enterprise company called Bugbugs, who operate a small fleet of rickshaws in London. The…
“Attending” a Tearful TV Funeral
I’ve “attended” a funeral from afar before – Princess Di, President Reagan, probably some others. But today’s memorial service for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who perished in Yarnell,…
The Truth Comes Out….Loud and Clear!
A funny thing happened at a graveside service one warm autumn afternoon. The preacher was at the gravesite, the pallbearers stood behind him, and the family was seated on…
Laid to Rest on Her Own Acreage
A couple years back I met a group of gentle people at their favorite pub for a funeral arrangement. Wanda’s friends were stumped that I couldn’t list Wanderer as…
“Respected Businessman” Draws Laughs
My uncle was a bookie, and he was lucky enough to retire from the business, walking on two feet. However, he did have a bad heart, so he died…
