Mark Skinner Funeral Service

02/11/2025

Hello, if anyone has anything they no longer need, that we could sell for our charity (including Christmas decorations/ornaments for our Christmas stall) please either get in touch or pop into one of our offices. So appreciated! Raising funds for a playpark in memory of local lad Liam and all the babies and children no longer with us, but missed every day xx

31/08/2025

Our exhibition at the Brandon Heritage Centre is now open! With words from Mark on how he got into the funeral business, including some of his family history and things he has collected. We would also like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for the brilliant and generous help in raising this impressive amount for our charity! We will be doing a separate post with more details on how we have got to this amount!!!

25/08/2025

To commemorate my late Mother Crystal's 100th year - I have put together a display in the Brandon Heritage Centre, on the history of our funeral business - including some of my family history. Will be ready from this Thursday through September.
Mark x

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Thursdays 10 am–1 pm
Saturdays 10 am–4 pm
Sundays 11 am–4 pm

12/08/2025

We feel extremely sad to be posting this. We have been asked by the lovely family who tragically lost 4 members of their family, Domingos, Maria, Afonso and Dom Serrano in a car accident in Portugal at the weekend to organise a goodbye for those who cannot make the funeral in Portugal. This goodbye will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 13th August at 4.30pm and will be an opportunity for anyone wishing to support the family, share their own memories and light a candle, with a dove release also taking place. For further details, please click the link below.

Dedicated to the memory of Domingos, Maria, Afonso and Dom Serrano

12/08/2025

My wonderful Mother, Crystal, would have been 100 today. A kind, funny, elegant and loving Mum and Nanny - who was always my biggest supporter, both personally and professionally (helping me by taking the work phones at night until well into her 80s). My grandfather, on Mum's side was also a funeral director in Brandon - so it must have been in the blood.
To commemorate my Mother's 100th year - I have agreed to do a display in the Brandon Heritage Centre including my family history, will give dates when ready.
Happy Birthday Mum
Mark xx

10/08/2025

Fab day at the Brandon Festival raising more funds for The Mark Skinner Campaign - Play park! Thanks team as always for your help, even Archie (our apprentice) who we'd sometimes like to keep in the stocks!! 🤣🤣🤣 (Joking! A great asset to our team)

27/07/2025

Very Important - DIRECT FUNERALS. Please share! We have been doing direct 'no fuss' funerals for over 35 years!!! Please help us by spreading the word that your local and trusted funeral director has always offered a direct price that competes with what these people in the TV ads are making out is a new thing, but the difference is your loved ones will be looked after by a family firm with a proven reputation and MOST importantly, be cared for and looked after locally - not transported miles away. People say to us, 'we had no idea you could do this' - it is because the tv ads are coming across as if they are the only ones who can offer this and that funeral directors are ripping people off! We have always done what our families have asked of us - be that the most elaborate and bespoke tailored funeral, to a funeral for family & friends to come together and remember their loved one in their own special way or a direct funeral where no-one attends, we take care of everything and deliver ashes back to you. We have helped many, who listened to the tv ads and didn't realise there was a better alternative on your doorstop - even if you have paid for a funeral like this - we may still be able to help, just get in touch.