Jane - Interview 13  

Jane - Interview 13

Age at Interview: 65
Sex: Female
Background: Jane is a part-time riding instructor. She is married with 1 adult child. She had another child who died. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.

Brief outline:In 1984 Jane and Maurice’s son Tom took his own life by hanging. Jane and Maurice were shocked and devastated. Jane found support from friends. Counselling and a support group were also helpful.

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Jane and Maurice marked Tom’s grave with a small stone. Jane wishes the stone were bigger to allow a longer inscription. They also put a seat in the churchyard for contemplation.

 



Did you have a special memorial stone made for him?


Well that’s one of my regrets, because he was cremated we were only allowed to put his name and date on the stone, and it had to be a specific stone and specific size, and that at the time was a huge regret for me because there was nothing personal on it, and if I could change that I would’ve done.  I think that’s a big thing, but it’s not just name and date situation but that’s how it was at that churchyard and because of there being a time lapse from the funeral and the burial, I guess if we’d had him buried here he might’ve not been cremated. And I’ve got no strong feelings about either, it was just being left with this single little stone, I don’t like; we can put flowers there, and the churchyard bends the rules a little bit by having a pot and things and it’s nice to go back and change it and the grandfather and other generations are there, so that seemed sensible and we also put a seat in the churchyard because I think time to contemplate was good for anybody. 

Bereavement due to suicide
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