Share your funeral wishes with Co-op Funeralcare - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[EmmaMumsnet]

Thinking ahead to a time when you will no longer be here is undoubtedly not a pleasant thought. The majority of us plan other big life events such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers and/or anniversaries down to a tee, however when it comes to funerals very few of us have detailed plans in place. If there's something in particular you have in mind, whether it’s something beautiful, something personal, or even something humorous, Co-op Funeralcare would like to know.

Here’s what David Collingwood, Head of Operations for Co-op Funeralcare has to say: “Funerals are very much about personal choice and reflecting the personality and interests of an individual. This is becoming increasingly evident through the growth we’ve seen in people choosing to pre-plan their own ceremonies using a funeral plan.”

Do you have a specific piece of poetry that you want read out by a certain someone? Maybe you’d request that all of your friends and family turn up in fancy dress? Or perhaps you already have in mind a certain song that will put a smile on everyone’s face...Monty Python’s ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ and Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ are popular songs requested for funerals!

Co-op Funeralcare would like to know what your funeral wishes are, so please share them below and all who comment will be entered into a prize draw, where one lucky MNer will win a £300 voucher or their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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I don't want to be a burden when I am already dead. Simple, humble funeral would be best.

Although my mum paid and made her funeral arrangements beforehand, which was kind of helpful, she wished for a private funeral with only me and my brother which was upsetting and awful. No friends present at all at a time where we could have done with a bit of comfort and support.
I would have a pre paid funeral plan to save my closest from any financial burden, but never would I wish to have a private funeral after the experience of my Mum's.

I have discussed with my partner, and it will be cheap simple, a few photos, happy songs, an open bar, pie and peas, and my ashes scattered at our favourite wood where we walk the dog so I can go back to nature.

I so agree with another post on here that quite simply put "funerals are for the living not the dead" I would want my family and love ones to make decisions themselves BUT I have made it clear that I would like to be cremated and that rather than a stone and a place of mourning in a crematorium I would love my ashes to be mixed with some soil and a nice tree planted.

A funeral that costs £300 - that would do it.

I would like a proper old fashioned funeral with good hymns. I'd want it to be a comfort too those left behind, but no flowers or anything flashy and the cheapest possible coffin. I don't care if I' buried or cremated but I don't want my remains to be scattered in a remote field or at sea as that sounds like a lonely place for a soul to rest.

I want a wicker coffin with flowers provided by a farm in this country.I would like to be cremated and my remains strewn in the church yard where my Mum and Dad are buried.I would lie 'Oh Very Young' by Cat Stevens played somewhere in a humanist service, and my family to choose music of their choice most poignant for them.

I'd like to be fireworks.

I haven't given it much thought, apart from having a cardboard coffin (not sure if it is actually cardboard, but an environmentally friendly type) and at least one tree planted afterwards.

I like the idea of a wicker coffin but have gone off wanting one since I saw the bulge in the base of my departed friend's one where his bottom was and heard it creak throughout the carrying phases of the burial.

I love the idea of a boat or definitely being beside the sea. I find the sea so soothing. Id like people to be comfortable and relaxed. Id like some chat about jesus and heaven and joyfulness.

I'd like a woodland burial, lots of trees and somewhere beautiful for my children to be able to visit (if they wanted to)
Whatever least distressed my DC, really.
A nice eulogy reminding my loved ones how I felt about them. I think I'd like people to take comfort from my funeral, especially my children.
Sade's "By Your Side" has good lyrics.

I want to be buried (not embalmed) and buried with some of my archaeological artefacts to have a laugh with future archaeologists.

As a big hip-hop fan, i would love some of that to be played... Whether they would allow that in a church, i dont know! But maybe a censored version.... Everyone knows me as a huge rap fan, so i would want my funeral relatable to me with a bit of humour xx

A humanist funeral, followed by a simple cremation.

I've asked my family to scatter my ashes throughout the Lake District accompanied by my favourite music.

I would not want anyone to wear black, i want people to celebrate my life so a big party that know one will forget

Nothing formal, just chuck my body into a pit and cover it over with earth then plant a tree. :)

Congratulations to @MargoLovebutter whose name was pulled from the prize draw to win the £300 voucher!

I would like a wicker or cardboard coffin as I think to use wood is a waste, a non religious funeral and Burning Love or Ring of fire to be played as I am cremated. My ashes to be scattered in a lovely country location

a couple of good emotional songs to get everyone sobbing, a cremation and then just chuck me up the hills - that will do

I revised my will recently but did not include funeral wishes. Although I have a list of favourite songs and poems, Desert Island Disc style I have finally concluded that they should surprise me! And whatever is read or sung should be whatever makes my family and friends feel better, although I think Do Wah Diddy Diddy might feature as I mentioned this one to my sister!

i would like to be burried and have a church funeral were everyone wore colourful clothes

I haven't put a lot of thought into it, but i know that I would only want a small gathering of my close family and friends. I want colorful clothing and i would like people to find something silly to laugh about - possibly quotes from Monty Python!

a woodland burial