When someone you love has died, it is a time of sadness and pain. We are here to help you through your bereavement. Please be assured of our thoughts and prayers.
Please get in touch with us if you’d like to hold a funeral service at St Michael’s, or if you’d like a member of our clergy to be involved in a funeral service. The Church of England has a helpful website on planning funerals.
We work with all the local funeral directors and would especially recommend Greens, who are based in Eynsham or Tonks Brothers, who are based in Abingdon.
If your loved one lived in the parish then we can arrange for them to be buried in the churchyard. We also have plots available for the interment of ashes after cremation.
We are able to live-stream the service for friends or relatives who can’t make it on the day.
Later on it is possible to mark the grave with a grave stone or memorial tablet. Please see this leaflet which will help to answer some of the questions you might have about commemorating the person who has died.
Recent live-streams
We are able to live-stream funeral services from St Michael’s. You can find our upcoming and recently live-streamed funerals below. There is usually an additional charge for live-streaming to help cover our costs.
Funeral of Tony Barson – Tuesday 18th October at 2pm
Tony Barson’s funeral will be at 2pm on Tuesday 18th October in St Michael’s, and will also be live-streamed below. https://youtu.be/HE04Xl-eUkw You can download the order of service below. OOS-Barson-2Download Please remember his family and friends in your prayers.
Funeral of June Pettet – Monday 8th August at 12pm
June Pettet’s funeral will be at 12pm on Monday 8th August in St Michael’s, and will also be live-streamed below. Her family have set up a tribute page at https://junepettet.muchloved.com, through which gifts can be given in her memory to support charitable causes. https://youtu.be/LtfFmPCMeTc You can download the order of…
Funeral of Alison Bond – Saturday 11th June at 12:30pm
Alison Bond’s funeral will be at 12:30pm on Saturday 11th June in St Michael’s, and will also be live-streamed below. https://youtu.be/PtiHa7_zdIg You can download the order of service below. Alison-Bond-thanksgiving-service-6Download Please remember her family and friends in your prayers.
Funeral of Betty Bailey – Tuesday 3rd May at 2pm
Betty’s funeral will be at 2pm on Tuesday 3rd May in St Michael’s, and will also be live-streamed below.You can also download the order of service. Betty BaileyDownload Please remember her many friends in your prayers. We are very sorry that owing to technical problems on the day there is…
Funeral of Rosemary Spivey – Thursday 30th December at 11am
Rosemary Spivey’s funeral will be at 11am on Thursday 30th December in St Michael’s, and will also be live-streamed below.Please remember her family in your prayers. https://youtu.be/RsT7crN21OQ
Funeral of John Venables – Wednesday 17th November at 12pm
John Venables’ funeral will be at 12pm on Wednesday 17th November in St Michael’s, and will also be live-streamed below.Please remember Patricia and all the family in your prayers. https://youtu.be/6EDenMAGcis You can also download the order of service here: Venables-John-Order-of-ServiceDownload
Funeral of Motunrayo Ajibade – Friday 2nd July at 2:30pm
The funeral of Motunrayo Ajibade was held on Friday 2nd July, at 2:30pm. The service was held in St Michael’s, Cumnor and led by Rev. Jonathan Widdess. Owing to COVID restrictions attendance in St Michael’s Church was limited to 50 people, and so the service was live-streamed on our YouTube…