The funeral
If the responsibility is placed upon the council, our Bereavement Services team will deal with all aspects of organising a dignified funeral as expeditiously as possible. This will include registering the death and making arrangements with our contracted funeral director who will take the deceased into their care before the funeral takes place.
A cremation service will be arranged to take place at either Rowley Regis Crematorium or Sandwell Valley Crematorium. A coffin will be provided along with an officiant to conduct the funeral service. Music, prayer, hymns, etc. may also be included. However, flowers and memorials will not.
If there was an expressed wish by the deceased for any other type of funeral such as burial, the council will endeavour to carry out those wishes.
Family and friends may attend the funeral service. Following the cremation, the ashes will be scattered within the Garden of Remembrance on the same site where the cremation took place unless there is an alternative expressed wish.