12/12/2025
A message from our funeral director Samantha:
When I first started at W.R Bettelley, coming up for 4 years now, the first Christmas I wanted to introduce a 'memory tree'. In the January that followed, I found it tough to remove the hearts with loved ones messages and the thought of packing it away sent shivers down my spine. A memory of a loved one stays every day, not just in December so I decided to keep the tree up all year round. Families who come to see us, sometimes leave little love notes on our special tree for their loved one, whether it be their birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Mothers or Fathers Day. It is kept up all year, shining like a star, to remember your loved ones not just at this time of year. Each December, we've invited families by post to write a heart for those they have lost within the year, if they didnt get chance to leave one prior to and send it back to us, this year we are trying something different.
If you would like to leave a comment, or private message us with your loved ones name and a short message, we will personally write them and hang them on our tree, even if we were not your chosen funeral director, as we are united in grief and it is heightened at this time of year. Our thoughts are with our families weve cared for, our community, our friends and our own families and if we can help, shine a little light on dark days, that is what we are there for.
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Samantha xx
