Country Funerals Towcester

42 reviews

A caring independent funeral home with its very own bereavement therapy dogs, serving Towcester and surrounding villages in North Bucks, Northampton and Northamptonshire.

Latest Verified Reviews

Tracy Horton 1st Apr 2023

Mel & Sean are so personable and make something so difficult, very easy. Lovely touch having the dogs on site. Everything was perfect on the day, even arriving early, which would have pleased Dad as he was always ready earlier than he needed to be. They also matched us with a great Celebrant. Thank you from Tracy & Hazel (also we know that Ray/Dad would have liked you too)

Jennifer Thomas 31st Mar 2023

I can’t thank Shaun and Melanie at Country Funerals enough for the wonderful, sensitive and professional way they organised my husband Alan Thomas’s funeral last week. Everything went to plan perfectly and I had absolutely nothing to worry about on the day. Jennie Thomas

Julie Roe 4th Dec 2022

Nothing prepares you for losing someone close, but In this time of great need of care and compassion the service provided by Country Funerals was exceptional. We are so grateful for all the support that has been given as we begin this grief journey. Bless you Sean & Melanie 

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Funeral arrangements

  • Home visit
  • 24 hour telephone support
  • On-site parking
  • Chapel of rest
  • Hearse
  • Limousine
  • Horse-drawn hearse
  • Bespoke vehicle
  • Coffin
  • Personalised coffin
  • Casket
  • Headstone / Plaque
  • Urn
  • Memorial jewellery
  • Floral tributes
  • Charitable donations
  • Newspaper announcement
  • Online obituary
  • Memorial book
  • Order of service sheets
  • Music
  • Video tribute
  • Funeral webcasting
  • Catering
  • Dove release
  • Balloon release
  • Fireworks

Types of funeral

  • Traditional burial
  • Simple funeral
  • Traditional cremation
  • Green funeral
  • Direct cremation
  • Burial at sea
  • Non-religious funeral
  • Anglican funeral
  • Roman Catholic funeral
  • Muslim funeral
  • Jewish funeral
  • Sikh funeral
  • Hindu funeral
  • Buddhist funeral
  • Children’s funeral

Financial arrangements

  • Financial advice
  • Wills & probate
  • Pre-paid funeral plan

Additional services

  • Repatriation
  • Bereavement counselling
  • List of mourners

Location

1 Sponne House Centre
Towcester
Northamptonshire
NN12 6BY

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours
Call: 01327 552081

About Us

Caring funeral directors Shaun White and Melanie Dolega provide support for families and flexible funeral services in Towcester and the rural communities beyond.

They believe that a funeral arrangements should be flexible and fitting, according to each family’s individual needs.

Country Funerals’ accessible, bright and contemporary Towcester office is located on Watling Street. Its arranging rooms and remembrance room are all on one level, with parking for wheelchair-users conveniently located next door.

This Towcester funeral home is also happy to pay visits to families at home to make arrangements for a funeral or celebration of life. Its aim is to support families and individuals to arrange a funeral service that fulfills their wishes, according to tradition, beliefs or lifestyle and preferred budget.

To support your funeral choices, it provides helpful funeral pricing guidelines and offers a respectful and complete cremation funeral service, the Tove Funeral, at £2934.

Country Funerals has a fleet of vehicles including silver hearse and limousine, with a traditional black hearse also available. It also offers choices of funeral masonry. With respected National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) diplomas, this Northamptonshire funeral home is also a member of independent funeral homes association SAIF.

With a focus on supporting people in their bereavement, Country Funerals has two well-behaved funeral therapy dogs, Breeze and Diesel. They are available on request to families or individuals who may find their presence a comfort during the funeral arrangement process.

Call Country Funerals for a compassionate funeral service and support at very a difficult time.

Latest Obituaries

Marcus   Evans

Marcus Evans

Apr 1962 - Nov 2023

Angie   Joint

Angie Joint

Sep 2023 - Apr 1965

David Eric   Marshall

David Eric Marshall

Sep 1947 - Aug 2023

Eleanor   Tillyer

Eleanor Tillyer

Mar 1937 - Jul 2023

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Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Tracy Horton 1st Apr 2023

    Mel & Sean are so personable and make something so difficult, very easy. Lovely touch having the dogs on site. Everything was perfect on the day, even arriving early, which would have pleased Dad as he was always ready earlier than he needed to be. They also matched us with a great Celebrant. Thank you from Tracy & Hazel (also we know that Ray/Dad would have liked you too)

  • 5 Jennifer Thomas 31st Mar 2023

    I can’t thank Shaun and Melanie at Country Funerals enough for the wonderful, sensitive and professional way they organised my husband Alan Thomas’s funeral last week. Everything went to plan perfectly and I had absolutely nothing to worry about on the day. Jennie Thomas

  • 5 Julie Roe 4th Dec 2022

    Nothing prepares you for losing someone close, but In this time of great need of care and compassion the service provided by Country Funerals was exceptional.

    We are so grateful for all the support that has been given as we begin this grief journey.

    Bless you Sean & Melanie 

  • 5 Nicola Freeman 15th Nov 2022

    We where very happy with the funeral they where very professional and shaun and Melanie lovely people very helpful the service overall excellent

  • 5 Carole-Ann Balaam 7th Nov 2022

    An extremely good service, compassionate, caring and efficient

  • 5 Howard Barrie 30th Sep 2022

    I cannot thank Country Funerals enough for the care, compassion and first-class approach from start to finish with arranging the funeral for my late mother. From the moment she passed until the day of the funeral they were amazing and could not have been more helpful and professional and really looked after my family and I during this sad time.

  • 4 Theresa Griffiths 11th Jul 2022

    Both Melanie and Shaun were incredibly gentle, patient and kind at every step of the way. I am recommending them to anybody who asks me which funeral director that I used for my Husband. 
    Theresa Griffiths

  • 5 Catherine Trew 23rd Jun 2022

    We received excellent and professional service from Shaun and Melanie all the way through.  Thank you for your help and support.

  • 5 Maureen Stacey 9th Jun 2022

    Very professional, and thoughtful service at a sad time which could have been stressful, but they made it all comfortable and the chapel of rest was very peaceful.

  • 5 Margaret McGrath 3rd May 2022

    I cannot speak highly enough of Country Funerals.   A daunting task was made so much easier by the professionalism of Shaun & Melanie.   From initially speaking to Shaun on the phone and just half and hour later him arriving at my home to collect my darling Patrick, we as a family felt reassured every step of the way that everything would be ok with Melanie and Shaun guiding us through. There was no pressure, they just said  “you tell us what you want and we will do our utmost to do it for you”.    
    They certainly did, Patrick’s funeral last Thursday was commented on by all how beautiful it was.
    Thank you so much Shaun and Melanie, I will be forever grateful for your kindness and sensitivity at such a sad and challenging time.
    Kind regards,
    Margaret McGrath 

  • 5 Petro BUSH 29th Mar 2022

    Their knowledge and expertise surpasses my understanding. Both Melanie and Shuan went that extra mile.
    Thank you for making the sad day one to remember.

  • 5 Michael Goodson 23rd Mar 2022

    So pleased that we chose Country Funerals for the arrangements, true professionals and compassionate, all the time in the world to listen and explain everything that we needed to know. Highly recommended 

  • 5 Leisa Langley 4th Mar 2022

    I just wanted to say a big thank you to Shaun and Mel for all their help in arranging my father's funeral. Very professional and dignified.

    Regards
    L Langley

  • 5 Eva Coldock 1st Mar 2022

    Thanks very much for all your help 😀

  • 5 Diane McGarrity 27th Jan 2022

    We made an excellent choice in Towcester Country Funerals for the funeral arrangements for our mum. They were very friendly, kind and professional. They guided us very well throughout and everything went very well.

  • 5 Tanya Mazzone 14th Nov 2021

    Amazing company , cannot fault them. Looked after my dad very well 

  • 5 Ricardo Piccioni 7th Sep 2021

    I cannot praise Shaun and Melanie from Country Funerals highly enough for the compassionate and professional manner in which they dealt with mum's funeral. From the very start of the process they were kind and considerate and dealt promptly and patiently with my questions and requests. I felt totally confident in their ability to handle everything and put on a great service and burial for mum, despite me being 10,000 miles away. They took away a lot of the stress during a very traumatic time for my father and me, and I cannot thank them enough for that. Ricardo.

  • 5 Derek Kilcoyne 25th Jul 2021

    At a very sad time for us ,Shaun & Melanie from country funerals helped us in so many ways including putting us in touch with Natalie Foster the celebrant who conducted the service. The entire process was handled with great care and compassion and we never once felt under pressure to make decisions. The service at the crematorium ,again , was conducted with great dignity. I would not hesitate to recommend Country Funerals to any one . Many ,Many thanks Shaun Melanie.

  • 5 Lisa Ingham 28th Jun 2021

    I truly can not thank Shaun and Melanie enough for their help and support during a very difficult time. The service provided by this company was exceptional and everything went according to plan. They went above and beyond in my opinion. I highly recommend using Country Funerals 🙏💖

  • 5 Tracey Smith 15th Jun 2021

    The advice, kindness and support we received was outstanding. All our wishes were dealt with and everything was just so easy.
    Thank you Shaun and Melanie

  • 5 Valerie Bye 9th Jun 2021

    Thank you to Shaun & Melanie for their excellent professional friendly service. Their guidance through a difficult time was invaluable. Everything we requested was carried out with respect and dignity. Would highly recommend them. Shaun even makes an excellent brew.

  • 5 Paul Atkinson 31st May 2021

    Shaun and Melanie have and still are being excellent.  I lost my Wife unexpectedly at a young age.  I met a number of local Funeral Director’s and spoke to an online option who claimed to be 60% cheaper.  My primary aim of who would I trust to take care of my beautiful wife.  I question and challenged them all, at no point did the team at Country fail, whilst being completely honest and authentic.  Nothing too much trouble, honest if I was looking for something that I didn’t need.  

    They told me that they could pretty much do anything that me and my family wanted but never tried to up-sell.

    I wanted to see my Wife every day up to and including the day of the funeral.  When asking about time to do this, Shaun’s stance was 100% at what time fit me and not opening times.

    On the day of the funeral Shaun directed the event from start to finish, leading his team and managing our family and the situation with empathy and consideration.

    In my opinion Country delivered everything that I was looking for and my Wife was looked after with care and dignity.  Surprisingly the price was the best amongst all four Funeral Directors also.  Thank you Shaun and Melanie you are completely credible with great integrity and authenticity.

  • 5 Elizabeth Balcombe 11th May 2021

    We were very impressed how everything was handled from the first meeting to the funeral on the day. Nothing was too much trouble at all for Shaun and Melanie.
    I would totally recommend Country Funerals to everyone.
    The price was very reasonable for a total package which we were very happy with.

  • 5 Anthony Giles 13th Mar 2021

    I felt completed supported and they went out of their way to help through the most difficult times. I cannot recommend more highly.

  • 5 Christine Willacy 7th Jan 2021

    Country Funerals did an exemplary job for our family. From our first contact through to the funeral itself, Shaun and Melanie and their team treated us with kindness, understanding, courtesy and professionalism. A big thank you x.

Address
1 Sponne House Centre
Towcester
Northamptonshire
NN12 6BY

Open map

Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

Latest Verified Reviews

Tracy Horton 1st Apr 2023

Mel & Sean are so personable and make something so difficult, very easy. Lovely touch having the dogs on site. Everything was perfect on the day, even arriving early, which would have pleased Dad as he was always ready earlier than he needed to be. They also matched us with a great Celebrant. Thank you from Tracy & Hazel (also we know that Ray/Dad would have liked you too)

Jennifer Thomas 31st Mar 2023

I can’t thank Shaun and Melanie at Country Funerals enough for the wonderful, sensitive and professional way they organised my husband Alan Thomas’s funeral last week. Everything went to plan perfectly and I had absolutely nothing to worry about on the day. Jennie Thomas

Julie Roe 4th Dec 2022

Nothing prepares you for losing someone close, but In this time of great need of care and compassion the service provided by Country Funerals was exceptional. We are so grateful for all the support that has been given as we begin this grief journey. Bless you Sean & Melanie 

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