Our gravediggers are a man and wife team with three young girls. Erwin and Marie with Kayleigh, Megan and Immy.

They go above and beyond what is expected in helping us create the setting for a burial in our park. They dig and backfill by hand and always ensure that the plot is left in a tidy appearance with the family flowers and any wildflowers planted and seeds sown ready for the family to return.

Because Respect uniquely also carry out pet burials and these are usually last minute as the pets come directly from the vets we have no worries that the grave will not be ready as Erwin will arrange the plotting out and dig on the request from the phone call. They are a great asset to Respect and we would be proud for them to win this notation.

On the days they have to dig during school holidays or on a weekend the whole family turn up and the children enjoy making daisy chains and bird watching which is a great education for them and very refreshing to hear that they are not spending all day on computers and tablets.

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Direct Cremation is becoming more popular and even the rich and famous are choosing this type of funeral.  David Bowie for instance who opened up the idea to many people who had never heard of it?!

How many times have we heard “just put me in a bin bag and drop me in the dustbin”!  Well this is a more dignified way of making it simple and making it less stressful for the family.

Contact Express-Cremation for more information

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For those of you who missed the news interview  – here you go!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34424586

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http://www.moretodeath.co.uk/2015/05/a-nationwide-burial-service/

Thought provoking and informative always

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We feel highly honoured to have been recommended and this is testament to the customers whose family members we have served and who always come back to our company in their time of need.

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CREMATIONS, burials and weddings in York are all set to get more expensive, under proposals to be put to the city council’s cabinet next week.

Charges the council makes in areas including bereavement services and registrars, as well as waste services and room hire at community centres – are all in line for a five percent increase under the annual proposals the cabinet will be asked to agree on Tuesday.

Among the highest increases is the charge for headstones placed at Dringhouses Cemetery – set to go up a quarter from £120 to £150, while the cost of a cremation for an adult is set to rise from £777 to £815; and a burial from £745 to £770.

In the registrar’s department, charges for marriages and baby naming ceremonies in the city’s registry offices will also rise – by £20 to £30 depending on the room used or the day the ceremony takes place.

The increases will generate £37,000 of income in the current financial year and £146,000 of income for the council in 2015/16 – including £88,000 from bereavement services and £25,000 from the registrars.

Increases in sport and leisure; adult social care; car parking and market sand many other areas will be looked at in the 2015/17 budget strategy.

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/News/11656897.Cost_of_dying_goes_up_again

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