Mourners stunned by car protest
Tuesday 24th February 2009, 3:45PM GMT.
Anita Moore
A family mourning the loss of a relative were left devastated after a woman barged into the funeral service complaining her car had been blocked in by another driver.
The woman, believed to be in her 60s, burst into a packed private service at Bushbury Crematorium in Wolverhampton and walked to the front. She then asked for the owner of the car to move it and then stormed out.
She left the congregation in shock and today relatives of the late Graham Moore said they were stunned and disgusted by the woman’s “disrespectful and arrogant” actions.
Mr Moore, a 73-year-old former painter and decorator of Pope Road, Bushbury, died on January 29 from cancer, leaving his wife Olive, aged 70.
Nurse Anita Moore, who is married to Mr Moore’s son Ian, said: “No-one could believe what was happening when she barged in. We all thought she was coming to the funeral and was just late.
“But she walked all the way to the front and said to the reverend ‘Can you ask the person who has blocked my car in to get out and move it now?’ and then stormed out.
“We were all disgusted by what happened. It was very disrespectful and arrogant.”
According to Mrs Moore, aged 47, the woman was in her 60s and was not recognised by anyone attending the funeral last week.
The Rev Simon Mansfield, who was leading the service, said: “I’m surprised someone didn’t stop her. I think if she’d hung around any longer than she did someone would have gone for her.
“She could have waited until the end of the service. It stunned me to be honest.”
Mrs Moore added: “It made people more upset than they already were.
“A service only takes 20 minutes. Why couldn’t she have just waited?
“I don’t know how anyone could barge into a funeral and be so rude like she was. Everyone was so shocked.”
Business Awards
Book a Business Awards table
Join our celebrations of the region's best in business on Thursday March 22 - book your table now
Lifestyle
Interactive Dining Out map
Hundreds of reviews by the Express & Star and Shropshire Star's teams to help you decide where to eat.
entertainment
All the film reviews
Before you plan a trip to the pictures, get our critics' verdicts on all the latest movie releases
OUR NEW APP
Get the new E&S app
Download the Express & Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely FREE.
expressandstar.com
Popular sections
Useful links
and people say the youth of today is badly behaved.What a arrogant piece of scum
Report abuse
has this woman got no heart she should be ashamed of her self
Report abuse
i was there how could any one do that i still carnt beleave it happend .r i p gray .who ever she was she not got a hart .
Report abuse
thats disgraceful!!
Report abuse
lets hope the gates of heaven are blocked when this stupid woman as her day at the crem,if she had aked someone near the back in a polite way then this would’nt even be in the news,silly old fool,and i hope the service went off well.
Report abuse
what a nasty bitch she must be, be thankful she not one of your relatives. sympathies to the family
Report abuse
Silly old bat! How very rude and inconsiderate.
Report abuse
disgusting behaviour,hang your head in shame because you know who you are .rest in peace mr.moore
Report abuse
I hope people realise now that it’s not only “youths” who can be rude and inconsiderate…
Report abuse
It just shows how selfish and intolerant some people are I suppose if she is stuck behind a funeral procession she will overtake all the cars, and maybe be the next customer for the undertakers.
Report abuse
I have just read this story and this is just so wrong…. I still can’t beleive it!!! Shame on her big style!!
Report abuse
I know that lady, she’s my aunt. She was blocked in by someone inconsiderate and was late attending the wake of her close friend due to their insensitive actions.
Report abuse
there`s no excuse for being rude, but what about the person who`s car it was, didn`t they think it rude to block someone in……to idle to walk a bit ?
Report abuse
Stupid Woman!
Some of these pensioners just don’t know how to behave.
Report abuse
I Was Disgusted Because it was my grandads funareal and she stormed in to ask someone to move there car.I Am Very Angry Because Of Her.
Report abuse
isn’t respect mutual?
Report abuse
Utterly disgraceful. But just the sort of attitude I’ve come to expect from people in the Midlands.
Report abuse
Seems to be a sign of the times, i’m afraid. No-one, young or old, seems to have any patience or respect for anyone else these days, just hate and anger
Report abuse
It’s not just the young ‘uns, you know.
This is proof that the oldies can be spectacularly rude, crass and insensitive as well.
Report abuse
How disrespectfu; – she should have had the common decency to wait – or at least be a little more descreet
Report abuse
Words fail me!
Report abuse
How would she have felt if someone had stormed her friends funeral and done the same? And another thing the wake goes on for a few hours so why was it so urgent for her to leave at that precise moment. I hope she feels mortified for what she’s done, miserable, disrespectful bat.
Report abuse
I think this article is very biased no mention as to why the women came into the funeral and no mention that it was wrong of the person to block her in any way! I think all above need to think about the other side of this story before jumping in and abusing this woman. I do not think the way she acted was correct but when did we become a society so quick to judge someone without all the facts!!!!!
Report abuse
i think this women was totally inconsiderate to this family regardless whos wake she was due to be at 20mins wouldnt of made the slightest bit of difference im sure the family would of understood. I two releatives pass away at xmas this women should thank her lucky stars she didint burst into my relatives funeral. And as or comment being earlier saying its because she is from the midlands, sory but there people like that around the world you idiot.
Report abuse
Respect works both ways; as upsetting as attending a funeral is, it’s inconsiderate to block somebody’s car in. Presumably the “rude” lady had also been to a funeral herself and was therefore grieving and hence acted in an inconsiderate manner. If you’d attended a funeral and everyone was making their way to the wake and your car was blocked in wouldn’t you be a bif miffed? Grief affects people in different ways.
Report abuse
Here here Adam and Laura
Report abuse
We all get blocked in at times – it happens!
(12) Andy French – you are brave admitting to being related to this woman – I just hope the rest of your family are not the same!
Report abuse
Words fail me. R.I.P. Mr Moore.
Report abuse
I think this might be a bit of sensationalist reporting using emotional language like ‘stormed out’. I think she had every right to go into the service and ask (politely) for the car to be moved right away. IF she was rude there was no need but maybe the reporting is distorted.
The person responsible for this situation is the person who blocked her in. They must have known what they were doing. Bad parking is rude too.
Report abuse
so what? if someone blocked my car i would ram it out the way. how low of the person in the first place blocking the car.
Report abuse
12- clearly your aunt had already attnded the funeral of her loved one and was off for s drink to mourn her friend.
I hope she was able to respectfully mourn her friend in that service because she sure as hell ruined the service of another family and they didn’t deserve that.
Inconsiderate parking is one thing, ruining the funeral of another family is completely callous and disgraceful.
Report abuse
What was this slly woman thinking of? This person must be off her head.
Report abuse
mark 30. keep your rock hard talk to your self its gust as good it was not your car couse it wouldent av been gust your car smashed up after you ramed it. gust think if you was in the service and it was your loved 1.you need to get a hart and stop going gym.
Report abuse
andey frence ,your aunt is 1 sick woman she is so lucky she never got a slap that day and lets hope she never bumps in to any1 who was there that day becouse there was a lot of people there and that face wont be forgoten or the car she was driving wont. she never missed her frends service. nor did the person who bloked her in wont to miss mr moore .sick people .r.i.p. gray
Report abuse
The parking situation at Bushbury crem is nightmare and needs to be sorted, for cases such as this!! I could never imagine going into a chapel while a funeral is going on and demanding a car to be moved she must have some balls, surely there is plenty of ushers from funeral directors around she could of gone and asked those to help her, I think this could of been resolved it alot politer manner!!
Report abuse
for all u people who think this lady was right to burst in to the funeral lets see how you would react if someone stormed in to your loved ones funeral i think the reverand was as stunned as everyone a service doesnt take 20 mins i think andys aunt was inconsiderate for her actions yes the car was parked in the wrong place but surely she could of waited for a few minutes more i hope your proud of yourself whoever you are
Report abuse
to adam and laura grief does notgive you right to disrespect other people who are also grieving, a few minutes to wait would not of hurt her,shamed the tables could not of been turned on her it would prob be a different story altogether.
Report abuse
If anybody ever did that while i was at a funeral, they’d be literaly learning to fly.
I’m just surprised nobody tried to take a swing at her. Stupid bat needs to learn to some manners.
Andy French, i feel sorry for you for being related to this idiotic woman.
R.I.P, Mr Moore.
Report abuse
Stupid cow, couldnt believe it when I heard this.
Its sad that a woman that old has got no respect or common sense.
R.I.P Gray.
Report abuse