Mourners left out in the cold

Nowra funeral director Ian Strathie is reported in the South Coast Register stating that he has seen too many mourners who've has to farewell their loved ones from outside the chapel at the Worrigee Cemetery and has called for improvements.

Mr Strathie said as the Shoalhaven’s population had aged and expanded the need for the Shoalhaven Memorial Gardens and Lawn Cemetery on Worrigee Road to be expanded had also increased.

 

The South Coast Register quoted Mr. Strathie as saying; “I wrote to all the councillors last Tuesday before the council committee meeting imploring them not to defer the review.

“There was a unanimous vote to restart the council cemetery committee to take a look at it.

“The thing I want to know from the Mayor is when will be committee be formed and what time line will it follow in its decisions,”

Full Story: South Coast Register

 

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