Dawn Thewlis - Bespoke Funeral Ceremonies.

24/12/2025

To everyone feeling the heartbreak of bereavement this Christmas, I send you my love and wish you peace. Xx

20/12/2025

Despite being a celebrant for 18 years, I still feel emotional at the end of December when I see the lovely Xmas wreaths filling the wall at Rawdon Crematorium. X

12/12/2025

Rob was much loved and we had tears and laughter as I shared the special memories of his family with the full chapel. The final piece of music certainly brought a smile to them - Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf 😁 his favourite song. The coffin decoration was made by his granddaughter to reflect his love of Christmas xx

27/10/2025

The work done to improve Skipton crematorium has made a big difference . It was a pleasure to work there a few days ago.

27/08/2025

Our ceremony of farewell for this amazing woman was filled with smiles, tears and so much love. Brenda lived 100 years and certainly made a positive impact on everyone who met her. Her fine qualities, generous nature and bright personality will be deeply missed x

07/08/2025

This is interesting 🤔

The U.S. has witnessed its first burial using a mushroom coffin, a biodegradable casket made of mycelium, the root structure of fungi. These coffins break down naturally and absorb body toxins, returning the body to the soil in a clean, eco-friendly way.

Mycelium grows around an organic frame and biodegrades in 30 to 45 days after burial. It’s part of the emerging green burial movement, aiming to replace traditional caskets and chemical embalming.

This new form of burial offers a sustainable, regenerative return to the Earth, aligning life, death, and ecology.

26/07/2025

Our ceremony of farewell to Hilary was done in true style - including Indian music, people wearing orange , a photo montage and poetry. She was a remarkable woman, kind, thoughtful, supportive, generous and fun. She worked hard and was well known at New Coley Nurseries and her adventurous spirit took her all over the world. She was much loved.

22/06/2025

This is Michael, a well known and highly regarded part of the Haworth community. Everyone liked him - including me, I had the pleasure of knowing him for 17 years. Conducting his funeral brought sadness but we celebrated his life with memories ,photographs, music and poetry which he would have approved of.

22/06/2025

Freda was a queen amongst women. She had so many wonderful qualities and had plenty of love to give. Her caring and fun loving nature drew others to her and she was highly regarded wherever she went. X

05/06/2025

It’s always good to work with David Lawson. We are captured here at Oakworth Crematorium on Tuesday - saying goodbye after a very well attended service for Brian Exley - a truly impressive man and a personal friend of David. It was an emotional day for him - but he was as professional as ever. X

23/05/2025

This morning we said farewell to Sid - a man of many fine qualities. He lived his 86 years well and was loved by young and old alike.
We held a loving service for Sid and his family provided forget me not seeds , a memory card and a keyring to everyone attending, in his memory.
Our funeral director was Hayley Docherty of Gallagher Family Funeral Directors . It was the first time I’ve worked with Hayley - and an absolute pleasure

16/05/2025

It was really good to work with Krystle from Arthur B Baxter’s Funeral Directors today. Here we are catching up after a funeral service at Shay Grange - pleased to be in the cooling breeze. X