E. A. Dodd & Son Funeral Directors Ottery St Mary

11/12/2025

For a final touch, Somerset Willow Coffins can handcraft motifs to be added, from anchors and rainbows to bicycles or religious symbols. Every detail creates an opportunity tell a story.

09/12/2025

You may like to know that we are a recommended funeral director with The Natural Death Centre Charity.
We have agreed to the following criteria:
✔️To be flexible with the public and provide the service they request.
✔️To state clearly what their services entail, including a clear breakdown of costs for each part.
✔️To provide a very basic disposal service if requested.
✔️To provide information regarding all disposal options to all clients.
✔️To assist families who only want a part service, and not to make this difficult by offering 'packages only'.
✔️To inform customers that they can send feedback about the services provided to The Natural Death Centre.
✔️To explain that embalming is optional - and also explain what embalming entails.
✔️To inform families that they may like to help with some aspects such as washing and dressing the person who has died, or carrying the coffin.
✔️To state clearly if they are a member of a larger 'group'.
✔️To inform families whether the person who has died is being kept at another facility.
✔️To provide families with options for other types of celebrant beyond simply a minister or a humanist.
✔️To meet and make arrangements at the family home at no extra charge.

05/12/2025

What really happens during cremation? Our friend John Adams of DACI looks behind the curtain on a process most of us wonder about but rarely see...

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This groundbreaking episode of Death: A Changing Industry removes the mystery around cremation in the UK, showing every respectful stage of the process, from...

02/12/2025

In Grief Awareness Week, we're very pleased to work in partnership with MuchLoved, the pioneering bereavement platform founded by Jonathan Davies following the death of his brother and shortly afterwards his mother. Finding very limited online resources to help with his own grief, Jonathan was inspired to design a web-based tribute service for others.
Our free online Garden of Remembrance is dedicated to the memory of loved ones. Please feel free to show your support by sharing messages and memories as a lasting way to remember those we have lost.
https://funeraldirectors.muchloved.org/Tributes

29/11/2025

As a unique gift and to remember someone very special, EverWith Memorial Jewellery creates beautiful pendants in a range of styles, letting you carry a special remembrance of a departed loved one close to your heart.

24/11/2025

Bereavement will impact everyone differently, though often deeply.
GriefChat gives any bereaved person the opportunity to speak with a qualified, professional bereavement counsellor via online instant chat service, Monday to Friday 09:00 – 21:00 (GMT), no matter where they are in the world at no cost to them.
Follow the link to GriefChat on our home page at
https://www.funeraldirectors.uk.com

20/11/2025

You can weave part—or all—of your loved one’s coffin with Woven Farewell Coffins in Dunkeswell, Devon. Accessible for all ages and every level of weaving experience. This gentle, tactile ritual offers comfort, shared reflection and a deeply personal connection to a loved one's final resting place.

19/11/2025

We’re proud to display the Golden Charter seal

The Golden Charter seal represents trust, reassurance, and connection.

For us, it shows that we’re part of a nationwide network of independent funeral directors who share the same standards of care and professionalism.

When families see the seal, they know they can rely on us - a local, independent business supported by one of the UK’s largest funeral plan providers.*

*Based on a Golden Charter analysis and independent research of the funeral plan market size as of December 2024.

17/11/2025

You may like to know that we are a recommended funeral director with The Natural Death Centre Charity
We have agreed to the following criteria:
✔️To be flexible with the public and provide the service they request.
✔️To state clearly what their services entail, including a clear breakdown of costs for each part.
✔️To provide a very basic disposal service if requested.
✔️To provide information regarding all disposal options to all clients.
✔️To assist families who only want a part service, and not to make this difficult by offering 'packages only'.
✔️To inform customers that they can send feedback about the services provided to The Natural Death Centre.
✔️To explain that embalming is optional - and also explain what embalming entails.
✔️To inform families that they may like to help with some aspects such as washing and dressing the person who has died, or carrying the coffin.
✔️To state clearly if they are a member of a larger 'group'.
✔️To inform families whether the person who has died is being kept at another facility.
✔️To provide families with options for other types of celebrant beyond simply a minister or a humanist.
✔️To meet and make arrangements at the family home at no extra charge.

15/11/2025

We love Love Keep Create - The Clothing Keepsake Company cute little robins, made using special items of clothing or fabric.
They're a beautiful keepsake to remember a loved one. We know that the robin is a favourite bird of many people, and often symbolises the presence of a lost loved one nearby, which is why we think it makes the perfect reminder to treasure.

09/11/2025

This Remembrance Sunday, we pause to honour the courage and sacrifice of all those who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces.
At this time of reflection, we also think of the families who have lost loved ones, and offer our deepest respect and gratitude.
Lest we forget.