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Visitors to Macmillan coffee morning with funeral staff and funeral celebrant

Woodville funeral home raises record amount for Macmillan cancer support charity

Woodville Co-op funeral home has raised its highest ever amount for the annual Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event – with £300 raised in the first hour alone.

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Pete Massey, MD of Masseys DIY store, cuts ribbon to open coffee morning. Pictured with him are funeral celebrant Chris Knight, Woodville Co-op funeral arranger Sandra Wyatt and funeral director Lorraine Walker.

99-year-old Joe helps Woodville Co-op to raise record amount for Macmillan coffee morning

When 99-year-old Joe Cave’s wife died of cancer he was determined to help the charity that looked after her in her last months.

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Woodville Co-op funeral director Lorraine Walker (left) and funeral arranger Sandra Wyatt will be serving up array of tasty treats for World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Pictured with them is funeral celebrant Chris Knight who is helping to organise event.

Woodville Co-op funeral home joins in World’s Biggest Coffee Morning fundraiser

Well-known South Derbyshire businessman Pete Massey is to open a fundraising event at Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday, September 28. Mr Massey, owner of Masseys DIY, will cut a ribbon to officially open the coffee morning at the funeral home in Granville Street. Proceeds will go to the…

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Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare staff, Sandra Wyatt and Lorraine Walker who are helping local families to arrange funerals together.

Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare appoints a familiar face in the community

A well-known South Derbyshire councillor has come out of retirement as a funeral arranger to work alongside her daughter. Sandra Wyatt has joined Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare in Granville Street, where she is helping daughter Lorraine Walker to run the operation. The Tory district councillor jumped at the chance to return to her old job when…

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Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare funeral directors Lorraine Walker and Angela Bowyer at the Christmas memorial service

Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare hosts two Christmas memorial events for families

Families are being invited to light a candle to a lost loved one at a Christmas memorial service in Woodville – one of two events being organised by Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare to help the bereaved over the festive season.

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South Derbyshire council chairman takes coffee break at Woodville Co-op funeral home

South Derbyshire District Council chairman, Councillor Michael Stanton, took an unusual coffee break with residents – at Woodville Co-op’s funeral home. The Tory councillor was invited to Woodville Co-operative Funeralcare in Granville Street for a chat over a cuppa as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2017 in aid of cancer charity Macmillan. The…

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