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Margaret Iris Hollowell
1943 – 2026 · known to nearly everybody as Peg
A place to leave a few words
There is no right way to do this.
You can write three sentences or three words. You can read everybody else's and add nothing at all. You can come back in a year, when it is easier, and write then instead. Every one of those is a normal way to use this page.
This page stays up
It doesn't expire — There is no date after which it comes down. It is not a notice, and notices are the things that get taken down
Not after the funeral either — That is when most people finally have the words. The page is still here in March and still here next March
Adding something later — Use the same form, however long afterwards. Late tributes are not marked as late and nothing says how long it took you
Who can change it — The family, and only the family. Nobody else can edit or remove what is here
If you want a copy — Ask, and the whole page is sent to you as a document you keep. That request is never refused
Anniversaries — People write on them, and often that is the year's most-read entry. It is not strange and you are not the only one
Not after the funeral either — That is when most people finally have the words. The page is still here in March and still here next March
Adding something later — Use the same form, however long afterwards. Late tributes are not marked as late and nothing says how long it took you
Who can change it — The family, and only the family. Nobody else can edit or remove what is here
If you want a copy — Ask, and the whole page is sent to you as a document you keep. That request is never refused
Anniversaries — People write on them, and often that is the year's most-read entry. It is not strange and you are not the only one
What to say if you didn't know her well
Most people who want to write something stop because they decide they are not close enough to. The family read those entries most, because they are the ones that show a whole life rather than a household one.
One thing you remember — "She always…" — a single habit. That is a complete tribute and it needs nothing after it
Where you knew her from — The bus stop, the ward, the shop, forty years ago. Say which. The family often don't know these lives existed
A thing she said — Even if it was ordinary. Especially if it was ordinary
What she did for you — Small counts. Small is usually the part nobody at home ever heard about
If you only met her once — Then say that, and say what happened. Those get read out loud more than any other kind
If you can't find the words — "I'm sorry. I'm thinking of you all." That has been the right thing to write for a very long time
Where you knew her from — The bus stop, the ward, the shop, forty years ago. Say which. The family often don't know these lives existed
A thing she said — Even if it was ordinary. Especially if it was ordinary
What she did for you — Small counts. Small is usually the part nobody at home ever heard about
If you only met her once — Then say that, and say what happened. Those get read out loud more than any other kind
If you can't find the words — "I'm sorry. I'm thinking of you all." That has been the right thing to write for a very long time
Nothing is public unless you choose it
The choice is on the form — Show it on the page, or send it only to the family. Both go to the same place and neither is the lesser one
Private ones are read — By the family, in full, usually before the public ones. They are not a lower tier of anything
Who sees your details — The family. Your email is never shown on the page and is never used for anything else
Before anything appears — Somebody in the family reads it first. Not to edit it — to be ready for it
Changing your mind — Ask for yours to be taken down at any point, with no reason. It is gone the same day
Photographs — Send them with your words. If a photograph is difficult for the family they'll simply keep it, and you'll be told they have
Private ones are read — By the family, in full, usually before the public ones. They are not a lower tier of anything
Who sees your details — The family. Your email is never shown on the page and is never used for anything else
Before anything appears — Somebody in the family reads it first. Not to edit it — to be ready for it
Changing your mind — Ask for yours to be taken down at any point, with no reason. It is gone the same day
Photographs — Send them with your words. If a photograph is difficult for the family they'll simply keep it, and you'll be told they have
The service
- Fri, Aug 21 · 5:27 AMFuneral service, followed by tea in the hall📍 St Chad's, Mill Street — parking on the road behind
Open to anybody. Bright colours if you want them, black if that's what feels right; both will be in the room. Children welcome and welcome to be noisy.
- Fri, Aug 21 · 5:27 AMBurial, family and anyone who'd like to come📍 The town cemetery, north gate
Around forty minutes after the service. It is a short walk and there are lifts for anybody who needs one — say so at the door.
Replace these with your own details and set your own timezone before publishing.
If you can't come — That is completely fine. Nobody is counting who was there, and nobody ever has
If you're not sure you'd be welcome — You would be. That question has been asked by somebody at every funeral there has ever been
If it is too much — Then don't come, and write here instead. The family would rather have your words than your attendance
Getting there — Say so on the form and somebody will collect you. It is offered before it is asked for
Afterwards — Tea in the hall, for as long as people stay. Leaving early is normal and nobody notices
If you're not sure you'd be welcome — You would be. That question has been asked by somebody at every funeral there has ever been
If it is too much — Then don't come, and write here instead. The family would rather have your words than your attendance
Getting there — Say so on the form and somebody will collect you. It is offered before it is asked for
Afterwards — Tea in the hall, for as long as people stay. Leaving early is normal and nobody notices
★★★★★
“I wrote four words because I couldn't manage more. Somebody rang to say those four words were read out. I had assumed nobody would even see them.”
Anonymous
Left privately
★★★★★
“I met her once, in 1998, for about ten minutes. I nearly didn't write. It turned out to be the only account the family had of that whole year.”
T. Barros
Public tribute
In place of flowers
The family have asked for this instead of flowers. Give what you want to, including nothing — a great many people give nothing and write something instead, which was rather the point of her.
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The family see the total and the names, never who gave what. Flowers are still welcome if that is what you'd rather do — nobody minds and nobody checks.
Leave a few words
This goes straight to the family. Choose below whether it appears on the page or stays between you and them — and if you'd rather not decide now, pick the private option and change it later.
Leave a few words
"I'd rather they decided" is a completely normal answer, and it is chosen more than either of the other two.
Live preview — every color, word and block is editable after you pick it.