As each day ends may I have lived,
That I may truly say:
I did no harm to human kind,
From truth I did not stray;
I did no wrong with knowing mind,
From evil I did keep;
I turned no hungry person away,
I caused no one to weep. 

 

One of the most undeniable truths of life is that our time here is short and when we are called from this life it leaves those we loved and called friends empty and heavy with grief. Funeral services are an integral part of society, they allow those of us who are left behind to grieve as a community and to allow our self's to say goodbye in a dignified and fitting manner. It is not healthy as a society if we do not say our farewells.

 

The reading at the top of this page is a reading I like to use in all of my Funeral Services. It is from  The Egyptian book of the Dead and was written c 4500bc I like to use this reading not only for its powerful imagery but also to remind us that funeral services have been carried out for a very long time. There is evidence that rituals surrounding death go back 300,000 years to the Middle Paleolithic period. This means that nearly for all of man kinds existence we have known the importance of caring for our loved ones once they have passed.

 

Former British Prime minister William Gladstone once Wrote:

 

"Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals."

 

please direct all inquires

regarding Funeral Services to

 

William Barrett and Sons

9 Spencer st Bunbury

08 97225311