Planning Dad’s forthcoming and inevitable funeral with the undertakers and the Rev Peter Lewis but no luck in getting a churchyard plot for the family. A Liberal Democrat campaign meeting tonight and then to rush over to console Mum and to see Dad who we thought was going to pass but he rests and breaths deeply.
This morning, I returned to my desk and undertook a range of correspondence duties – dealing with Council matters mostly, but also other things as well. After lunch, I contacted the Funeral Directors – Cobbold’s of St Neots and Hail Weston – and dropped round to see them in the afternoon. I found them helpful, efficient and friendly enough and found it useful to run through the burial and service options. Then, after tea, I had an hour with the Rev Peter Lewis. I was disappointed that he could not make an exception to the rule of the closed churchyard and allow me to create a Broad Family Grave there; give my local role and contribution to the village.
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I was late to this evening’s Liberal Democrat meeting to discuss the election plans and then had to leave early as we had a call from Weald House. They said that Dad’s condition was deteriorating and Di and I drove over there expecting him to pass away tonight. In the event, he was sedated and peaceful and may last a few days yet. Late there talking to and reassuring Mum and late back and to bed.