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Compassionate, Caring
Trusted & Professional

We are an independent family owned funeral service in Bude, Cornwall, located close to the Devon border

Caring for bereaved families is at the very heart of what we do. We pride ourselves on offering a compassionate, caring and empathetic funeral service to families across the local area during their time of need.

Our philosophy is simple. We see it as a privilege to be entrusted with looking after your loved one and caring for your family at the most difficult of times. We are committed to providing trusted and professional funeral care as well as offering ongoing support to your family after the funeral.

We offer several different types of funerals including traditional funerals, cremations, direct cremation, and celebration of life events. You can find out more about these in our arranging a funeral section.

We can provide a funeral to suit your budget and will be glad to assist you in finding help with funeral costs if required. If you are looking for a trusted local funeral director in Bude or Launceston, then please give us a call.


The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors

What Our Families Say About Us

I survived the period of the passing of Julie because of your personal help, professional caring and compassion for which I am and shall always be so grateful. Thank you to all of you at Thornelea who saw to my needs at that sad time.

 

L.T Bude - March 2024

Just to say thank you for all your support and professional services which helped us to deliver a lovely memorial ceremony. We are all very grateful.

J. S. T. M. Bude - February 2023

Dear Denise,

We want to thank you for everything you did for Mum’ funeral.

Mum was treated with such dignity and respect – all of which she thoroughly deserved!

You helped us all navigate a really difficult and emotional time; the hugs were welcome too!

Please pass our thanks onto the rest of your team as everyone treated us with such kindness.

Thank you again.

S.S. June 2026

Dear Denise, just a little note to say thank you for all your help this year with Mum and Dad. Your kindness and compassion has been truly appreciated more than words can say. We were very appreciative of your professional and supportive service.

S.H. A.B. S.B. Stratton - May 2022

Thank you for everything you did to make it possible for our family to give Dad such a beautiful send off. It was everything we wanted for him and more.

J.P TORPOINT - OCTOBER 2024

We can’t thank you enough for your care, kindness and understanding. What a difficult job it is you do. You certainly made the whole process so much easier for us – especially as we wanted to take mum-in-law back to Worcester, so it wasn’t that straightforward. You would have got along a treat with her, and it was a great comfort for us to know that she was in such good hands.

D. & P. G. Clawton - August 2017
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