passed away peacefully At Broadoak Manor Nursing Home on 20th November , Richard aged 75 years , loving husband of the late Barbara , dear partner of Linda , devoted dad of Graham , beloved brother of jack , Terry and Blenda cherished grandad and great grandad . Sadly missed by all

Richards funeral service will take place on Tuesday 4th December at St Helens crematorium chapel at 11-30 followed by committal at 12-30

Suddenly At Home on 22nd November . Bernadette aged 56 years of Thatto Heath St Helens . Loving wife of William , devoted mum of Hannah , dear daughter of Angela and John , much loved sister of Jacqueline , cherished nana of Declan . Sadly missed by all
Bernadette 's funeral service will take place on Thursday 20th December at St Nichola's Church C/E Whiston at 11am followed by committal at St Helens crematorium chapel

Peacefully At Whiston Hospital on 2nd December Sheila aged 88 years . Beloved wife of Len , devoted mum of Janette and dear mother in law to Andrew , cherished gran to Katie , James and caring great gran to Jack and a loving auntie to all her nieces and nephews and a friend to many
Sheila's funeral service will take place at St Mark's C/E Church North Road on Wednesday 19th December at 10.30 followed by committal at St Helens crematorium chapel .

Sadly At Arrow Park Hospital Joy Aged 68 Years. Of Sutton Heath St Helens Dear Partner Of George Dearly Loved Mum Of Natalie And Lisa. Beloved Nan Of Dale. Sadly Missed By All. A funeral Service Followed By Committal Will Take Place At St Helens Crematorium Chapel On Friday 14th December 10-30.

At home In Newtown. Requiem Mass To Be Finalised At St Teresa's Devon Street.
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Dear Neil
We are writing to give our sincere thanks for the love, respect, support and friendship you and your wonderful family has shown to us following the recent loss of our dad , Bert Lownsbrough
We came to you without hesitation as you had dealt with my uncles funeral for us 7 years ago before you had your family business. We knew from that experience that we could have every confidence in you
As you will recall dad passed late on saturday evening in December in a hospital at the opposite end of the country from you and i hadnt a clue what to do. You took the phone call calmly and compassionately took me through what i had to do- ever mindful of me and my familys feelings.
The complexity of moving Dad from where he was to St Helens and making arrangments at a distance, the constant phone calls and questions from me about who to have as a humast celebrant, how to get the music my son composed played at the crematorium and so on and so on were all dealt with who ever answered as if we and dad were the most important people in the world . This meant a great deal
There are some of our experiances i would like to highlight
* You listened, Every time we spoke to a member of your team we felt that they knew us and most important they knew dad
* Your beautiful Mum and the way she reassured my son and his girlfriend even helping Holly to POP in and say her goodbyes to grandad
* Your style, Always professional, never stuffy, hugely respectful, caring and sincere
*The way every time we spoke to one of you, you took time to ask how we were
* Your claim to be a family business. THIS IS ABSOLUTE . For that short space of time when we were at are most needy
In my professioal life i am Head of Customer Services for an organisation and i can be critical if businesses are not customer focused and getting it absolutely right for people at the worst times of their lives cannot be easy but you and your team did just that
We would like to wish you and your family all the best with your 'TRULY family business for many years into the future. Thank you all once again for your love and kindness
Yours sincerely
Di and Mike Smith and son Robert

The family of Maureen Dobson would like thank all their family , friends and neighbours for their kind words and condolence following the recent sad loss of Maureen. your support has brought us much comfort during this sad time. Thank you also to everyone who attended Maureen 's funeral and for your generous donations to the Willowbrook Hospice, we will be passing these on to the hospice in Maureen's memory in the hope it will help them continue to provide the fantastic care and support they offer , We will be forever grateful to everyone at Willowbrook for the care Maureen received in the final days of her life
We would also like to thank everyone at Neil Middlehurst Funerals for their professional and compassionate service during a very difficult period for us as a family . It was an express wish of Maureen's that Neil undertook the funeral arrangements as along time friend to the family, our trust and faith in Neil was rewarded with a dignified and thoughtful funeral service and ensured all of Maureen's and the familys wishes were met, Even down to providing a flower for Phil to place Maureen's coffin at the graveside( something that had been forgotten in the arrangements )Neil advised us to trust him to organise everything on the day so that we didn't need to worry. He was true to his word and made sure everthing ran smoothly in a discreet, understated but authoritive manner. We would have no hesitation in recommending Neil and his team to other families. Thank you so much for helping us through this very difficult time .
God Bless You All

Catherine , Susan , John , Mia and Sophia would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all family and friends who attended Jim's funeral, Also thank you to Deidre Brannigan for her wonderful administration . A big thank you also to Marita's flowers at Haresfinch and the Unison Club for their catering and hospitality , with great full thanks to Neil Middlehurst Funeral Director and his staff for the wonderful and professional service they provided . Thank you to everyone for your donations to be given to the G E M Appeal

Marcella and family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to all those who attended John's funeral and for the many cards , flowers and donations , love and support received at this sad time . Donations will be distributed to the community Dementia Groups that John attended . Special thanks to Father Tom for his kind ministrations and to all the staff at Madison Court Nursing Home who looked after John with love during his short stay , especially Val and Janette who gave beautiful tributes at the service . Thanks also to Neil Middlehurst Funeral Directors for their support and kindness at such a difficult time

Marjorie's Family Would Like To Thank Everyone Who Attended Her Funeral And For The Kind Thoughts, Cards And Donations Received For The Northwest Labrador Retriever Rescue. Special Thanks To John Clayton For The Service And To Neil Middlehurst Funeral Director And His Team For Their Kindness And Excellent Service. As Always xxx.

Rose , David and Caroline would like to thank everyone for their messages of sympathy and for the love and support at this sad time. Thanks to Deirdre for the meaningful service and to the staff at Grace Court Care Home for their excellent care of Brian . Thanks for the generous donations for Alzheimer's Society £400 has been raised in memory of Brian . A final thank you to Neil Middlehurst Funeral Directors and staff for their caring professional services

Val's family would like to thank relatives , neighbours and friends for their condolences , many cards , flowers , food and donations . We have been overwhelmed by everyone's kindness at this sad time . We would like to thank all the staff at Whiston Hospital on wards 3E and 4A who cared for Val over the last couple of months and the many district nurses who made house visits day and night . Thanks to Neil Middlehurst Funeral Director , Wendy's flowers , The Derby Arms and the Reverend Janet Heighton and to all who attended the church service at All Saints parish Church Rainford . Val will be truly missed by many . We all did her proud

tom and his family would like to thank the many friends and neighbours for all their prayers , words of comfort , mass cards and donations to the British Lung Foundation . Special thanks to Neil Middlehurst and staff Funeral Directors . Jennifer for the buffet . Fr Bernard St Mary's Birchley , heartfelt thanks to all who attended Margaret's mass . God Bless You All

David would like to thank everyone who attended his mothers funeral on Monday 26th October . Special thank you to the vicar of St Thomas Rev Harry Wood and Elizabeth Collins , to the organist Raymond Dobbs and the Pilkington choir . David has been overwhelmed by the number of cards and donations he has received
Thank you to Neil Middlehurst for his kindness and the attentive way he conducted the funeral arrangements

John and all the family would like to thank all relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and for the generous donations -£120.00 for the MacMillan . Many thanks to Neil Middelhurst Funeral Service for their kindness and help and special thanks to Deidre Brannigan for the lovely service

The family of Doreen Lawrenson would like to thank friends and relatives for their kind words of sympathy , cards and donations to Motor Neurone Disease Association , during their recent sad loss
Special thanks to Reverend Ian Hopkins for his thoughtful words also everyone at St Marks Church Haydock and Neil Middlehurst for a respectful and dignified funeral

The loving family of Anne would like to express their sincere thanks to all relatives , friends and neighbours for their love , kindness and support during this very sad time . We would like to thank you all for the beautiful cards and beautiful floral tributes received for Anne
We would also like to thank Father Riley for the beautiful requiem mass at Holy Cross Church and for all his loving support through this difficult time
We would also dearly like to thank Neil Middlehurst , Lorraine and all their lovely family for providing such professional care and support at this sad time and for giving Anne the best send off we could have we ever asked for. Thank You and God Bless you all Alison , Stuart , Ella and Alanya

The family of Grat would like to thank all the family , friends and neighbours and work colleagues whom attended his funeral , they would also like to thank the doctors and nurses at Four Acre Health Centre the carers at Able support and Willowbrook Hospice for the exceptional care they gave . We would also like to thank Rev Simon Moore from St Michaels church and Lynn Carney from Pilkington's for all the kind support . A final thank you to Neil and his staff from Middlehurst funeral directors for the compassionate and professional way they have assisted the family at this sad time

the family of the late Alice Taylor would like to thank all family and friends for their love , kindness and support during their recent sad loss .Grateful thanks for all the donations which will be sent to COPD /British Lung Foundation , special thanks to Bill Fraser and Allison Hall for their support and kind ministrations on the day
Thank you to Neil and his team at Neil Middelhurst Funeral directors for their professionalism and kindness , special thanks to all who came to celebrate Alice's life . God bless