Funeral & Nine Night
Thank you to everyone who managed to join us for the nine night and funeral celebrations.
FUNERAL - If you would like to watch the funeral, please user this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/QRPcmKNqxDc?feature=share&t=2
BURIAL - If you would like to watch the burial, please use this link:
Clips of the whole funeral can be found here: https://youtu.be/hMuCBuOEh9Y?t=1
Funeral details
Join us
On Tuesday 8th August at 11:00 am
for the funeral of
Ron Rosedam
at Bethel Church, 254a Church Rd, Bristol BS5 8AF
The funeral will be followed by the burial at Kingswood Memorial Park and
a Wake reception at Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Rd, Whitehall, Avon, Bristol BS5 7DR
Funeral details
Tuesday 8th August at 11.00am
Church
A funeral will be held on Tuesday 8th August at 11am at Bethel Church, Church Road. If you are comfortable doing so, please come in colour.
Map link for Bethel Church: https://goo.gl/maps/ErPtx5VMBgTSiABE6
For anyone who needs it, there will be a coach to take people from the church to the cemetery and then to the wake. Attendees are welcome to join the family at the cemetery after the church ceremony or make their way straight to the wake at Rose Green Centre, BS5 7DR.
Cemetery
Ron will be buried at Kingswood Remembrance Park, Grimsbury Road, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 9SE
On the day we aim to get to the cemetery at 1pm
Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/95SGNVNpnR3M3ES67
Wake
The wake will be held at the Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Rd, Whitehall, Avon, Bristol BS5 7DR
We aim to be at the Rose Green Centre around 2pm, however, people are welcome to go straight to the Rose Green Centre after the church.
Map Link for the Rose Green: https://goo.gl/maps/ufQLyJuGPCYdf1pW6
Flowers
If anyone would like to send flowers, please can they send them to Divine Ceremony, 2 Zetland Road, Bishposton, Bristol. Flowers can be delivered on 7th August and if possible between
3 and 5pm.
Video Streaming Recording
If you are unable to attend the funeral in person, the ceremony in the church will be livestreamed using this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/QRPcmKNqxDc?feature=share
Nine Night details
Friday 21st July at 4.30pm
Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Rd, Whitehall, Bristol BS5 7DR.
We are holding a nine night celebration of the life of Ron (Randolph) Rosedam on Friday 21st July 2023 4.30pm - 10.30pm
We are welcoming all those who knew him, family and friends to join us. Please come in colour.
We ask that you come to share memories and wear colour - anyone who knows Ron knows how much he liked a colourful shirt on any occasion.
Why nine nights?
Traditionally in Jamaica, when a person passes, family and friends visit the close family for 9 consecutive nights, bringing small gifts like rum, sugar and so on. People remember the person whilst playing games and supporting the family. Some older generations would hold prayers and sing hymns. In more modern times and popular with the diaspora, people hold a celebratory event a week or two before the funeral, where people remember the person, play music, games and celebrate their life. Ron enjoyed going to these celebrations when they were held for people in the community and would be delighted to know he is also being remembered in this way.
(other Caribbean countries have different ways of conducting nine nights celebrations)