A Funeral Featuring the ‘Grim Reaper’

Excerpts from a BBC report:

A woman made her daughter and friend promise that the “Grim Reaper” would attend her funeral.

Sharon Taffs, from Maldon, Essex, died in December, aged 68, from breast cancer, and her funeral was held on 16 March.

Her daughter, Louise Miller, 49, from Witham, said her mother planned every part of the memorial, and when a friend joked that he would come dressed as the reaper, and would point to people saying “you're next”, she thought it was a hilarious idea.

Because of the planned joke, the family did pre-warn people and a few decided not to attend.

“If you research the Grim Reaper, he transports the soul to where it’s going, so he's not actually a bad person.

“It was a perfect service and it was exactly what she wanted,” Ms Miller added.