Spending Time with your Loved One

Should we see the body?

Many people have been helped in the grieving process by spending some time with the body of the deceased before the funeral. It is important to be able to say goodbye and to fully accept the finality of death. While the experience varies for everyone, it is an opportunity to spend time with your loved one and perhaps leave small mementos such as – gifts, cards, letters, or other meaningful items.

Pellows Funeral Directors offer private and comfortable viewing facilities for you and your family to say goodbye to the deceased. Alternatively you may choose to have your loved one at home and this is perfectly acceptable.

Should children attend the funeral?

Dealing with the death of someone close is difficult at any age. Children and teenagers grieve too, although they may express it differently. Whether they attend the funeral is up to the family. However, in general, children do benefit from being involved, even in some small way, because it helps them to feel they are sharing their grief and honouring the person who has died. Children often like to draw a picture or write a letter or poem to put in the casket.

Just being there can help them understand, even if it takes time for them to deal with what has happened and what it means.

Ryan T.19/12/22
Alvin was helpful, honest and respectful as we went through our bereavement. While funerals are expensive by nature, the prices they quoted and charged were reasonable. I'm happy to recommend their services.
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Lorraine S.10/01/23
The team at Pellows, particularly Alvin, showed us kindness and care, and supported us through the difficult moment of dealing with the passing of our dear Mum.
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Stutty a.25/01/23
We used Pellows for both my parents services both within 8mths of each other. Alvin handled both sets of arrangements and his caring, compassion, thoughtfulness and ideas in such trying times was outstanding. Have nothing but praise for them.
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Ken C.22/11/17
We appointed Pellows and Beth Richards to handle our mums funeral and that decision ensured that we as a family were able to manage so much better through this difficult time.
Everything was coordinated perfectly, nothing was too much trouble but probably what stands out in particular was the way the Pellows team were able to smooth the way by dealing with all the little issues that we had not expected and would have struggled with.
Professional, thoughtful and caring is how I can describe their service delivery. I recommend Pellows and Beth without hesitation. Thank you Team.
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