Snowy Weather Does Not Stop Kent Funeral Directors
Come rain, sun or snow we still operate and take care of your loved ones funerals.
With the recent heavy snow in Kent, we made sure we could proceed with funerals. Our very own funeral director, Simon Welham, made sure that we could safely carry out a funeral at St Lawrence church, Stone Street, Seal Chart, near Sevenoaks in Kent. He went to the church the day before and cleared and salted a path making sure that the mourners could safely walk along the church path.
From our Sevenoaks funeral home, we prepared and took the deceased to St Lawrence church, Stone Street, Seal Chart where the funeral took place.
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