Desperate News!!

Should have mentioned..... I shant be going to the AberHod afterwards....I hate all that small talk and scoffing after funerals

Rahme has said she would like to go and pay her respects also, so thats both of us,but no "reception" afterwards.

Ive never really understood the point of a reception in a funeral, as you forget why you are there and just talk and eat. the whole point of a funeral is to pay your last respects!!!!! not eat and chat about completely irrelevant things.

Well lets not drift off topic, but a quick answer is ....
Some people may have travelled a fair way to a funeral - and the breaved partner /relative may think its only right to offer some refreshment. Furthermore, some people appear at funerals who may not have regualr contact with the family, so the reception afterwards allows a chnce to offer comfort and condolence in a less formal setting than a church or crem. I struggled with whether to hold such a reception for my fathers funeral last year, nd in the end did so - a very small gathering with just a few light refreshments, no alchohol, and my dad's favourite......home made warm scones

I hope to be at the crem only on Monday.
Funerals seem to be one place where families meet and chat afterwards so I do not want to impose on that thanks
Peter

should add i`ll be Crem only

Very sad news. Bob was a gentle man and very approachable. A sad loss for for us all. Bless his memory. Glad so many from the club have decided to pay their respects at his funeral today.

Bob got a real good send off today, eleven people from the club, amazing likeness among his children as well, Bob will not be gone while they are around . Sad to meet the family under such circumstances but none the less pleasureable. I've posted a youthfull photo of Bob on the club website sadly a young Bob that none of us in RDMFC knew.