Guardian Funeralcare

19/02/2026

🌸 In Loving Memory of Mrs Joan Bell 🌸
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Mrs Joan Bell, who passed away on 15th February 2026, aged 94 years.
Joan lived a long and cherished life and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. Her memory will remain forever in the hearts of her family and friends.
Funeral Service
Shay Grange Crematorium
Thursday 12th March 2026
3:00pm
🕊️ The family kindly ask that those attending wear a pop of colour in memory of Joan.
Family flowers only, please.
Following the service, all are warmly invited to join the family for light refreshments at:
Woodbottom Club
Baildon Bridge
68 Otley Road
Baildon, Shipley
BD17 7EP
The family have kindly given permission for this memorial to be shared.

15/02/2026

Thank you to Hugs and hounds dog grooming for looking after these two today ❤️.
And all the ham ...they said they will be back!

11/02/2026

GEORGE VINCENT
Aged 79 years
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of
George Vincent, who died peacefully on 4th February 2026, aged 79.

George was a true gentleman , strong in character, and deeply loved by his family and friends. He lived a full life, leaving behind memories that will be treasured, stories that will be retold, and a legacy of warmth that will never fade.
He will be sadly missed and forever remembered by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
Funeral Service
Shay Grange Crematorium
Thursday 5th March
12.45pm
Following the service, all are warmly invited to join the family at
Saltaire Social Club to continue sharing memories of George’s life.
Family flowers only please.
Donations in George’s memory may be made to Marie Curie Hospice.
All enquiries to:
Guardian Funeralcare
01274 595906
The family have kindly given their permission for this obituary to be shared.
Please feel free to share with those who knew George.

07/02/2026

05/02/2026

Thank you Action team Wakefield for a great evening.

04/02/2026

We will never forget ❤️

I don’t forget them.
Not for a second.
Grief doesn’t fade the way people think it does. It doesn’t shrink neatly with time. It just learns how to sit quietly beside you while you carry on breathing.
I carry my dad in the way I still look for his voice when things feel hard.
I carry my son in every moment my heart aches for what should have been, the future he never got to live.
And I carry my sister in the silence where her laughter should still be.
There are days I function, smile, work, care for others and people think that means I’m “strong” or “coping.” But the truth is, love never leaves. And when love is this deep, pain never fully leaves either.
I don’t want to forget them.
Forgetting would feel like losing them again.
So I carry them. In my heart. In my work. In the way I hold space for other people’s grief, because I know, in my bones, what it feels like when your world changes forever.
This is life after loss.
You don’t move on.
You learn to live with love that hurts, and somehow, still keeps you going.
Alison 🤍

Some losses don’t fade with time.They don’t disappear — they just change how we carry them.This song is for anyone who kept going, even when the world moved ...

03/02/2026

Well done for coming so far to the whole of the Guardian Funeralcare 👏 you all did amazing 👏

03/02/2026

A massive thank you to Hedderick Photography for our official awards photo 📸.
Thank you from the for a lovely evening.

03/02/2026

Please feel free to share this for Isabella family

Many thanks.

02/02/2026

✉️ The words you never got to say…
Some words stay with us.
Not because we forgot to say them...
but because there was never enough time.
At Guardian Funeralcare, we’re creating a quiet, safe space for those words.
No names.
No judgement.
Just words.
You can write the message you never got to say..
to a parent, a child, a partner, a friend, anyone you’ve lost.
Those words will be kept safe with us 🤍
Handled with care, dignity, and respect.
✨ In the coming weeks, we will be holding a Memorial Evening,
where these thoughts and messages will be gently read aloud —
honouring love, loss, and everything that remains unspoken.
You don’t have to be strong.
You don’t have to explain.
You don’t even have to stay.
Just know…
your words matter, and they will be held with kindness.
📍 Guardian Funeralcare, Shipley
When you’re ready. When it’s quiet. When it’s too much to carry alone.

Please post in the grey post box at the side of the chapel or send by post .

Will update you how many we get have our Memorial night as we read them out and remember our loved ones in a safe place .

Please share 🙏