To exceed our clients needs in standards, service and professional expertise by providing a sympathetic, caring, discreet and professional service from a family business.

Once in our professional care we can advise you on:

• All the necessary arrangements for burial or cremation
• Liaising with your local church and minister
• Organising all the legal documentation required
• Supplying all the necessary vehicles
• Floral tributes
• Your musical requirements
• Memorials
• Order of Service Booklets
• Obituary and Acknowledgement notices
• Attendance Cards
• Repatriation
• Bereavement counselling
• Catering facilities
• Probate advice
• Receiving and administering charitable donations
• Home visits
• Your Pre-payment funeral plans
• Horse Drawn Hearse
• Symbolic release of doves
• A Piper, Jazz band, Bugler or Soloist
• A Motor Cycle Hearse

A Piper, Bugler, Soloist or even a Jazz Band, might be a fitting
tribute to the life of the deceased and enhance the atmosphere
of the funeral.

We also have access to a number of more specialized vehicles,
including a choice  of black or white horse drawn hearses.

Motorcycle hearses and other makes of hearses and limousines.

Orders of Service or simple hymn sheet may be provided on request. Please note however the content must be approved by the officiant who will be taking the service.

We are able to provide the traditional printed black on white card orders of service ourselves.

Colour/phototype orders of service can be arranged with advance notice through an outside supplier, to your specific requirements, to incorporate personal pictures.

Ian Hazel, is a fourth generation Funeral Director, joining the family business of A. Hazel and Sons in 
1977 after obtaining a commercial training in industry. 
When, in 1987, the former family business was acquired 
by Hodgson Holdings, Ian left to set up his own business, 
Ian Hazel Funerals in Sutton Coldfield in order to carry on 
the old family traditions.

Ian is fully qualified, gaining his diploma in Funeral Directing 
in May 1979 and being admitted to full membership of the 
British Institute of Embalmers in June 1979. 

Christopher Palmer, began his career in Funeral Directing 
with the Greater Nottingham Co-operativeFuneral Service 
in 1984 progressing from Driver/Bearer, through the positions 
of Funeral Conductor, Supervisor and Funeral Arranger, gaining
a wide range of experience.
 He achieved the National Association of Funeral 
Directors Diploma in Funeral Directing in 1987.

He joined Ian Hazel Funerals in 1991 as General Manager. 

Sue Browne, started working in medical ancillary supplies 
to nursing homes and the caring profession for fifteen 
years. After losing her own Dad in July 2002, she had a 
vocation to want to work in the funeral profession. She 
joined Ian Hazel Funeralsin June 2003 as a trainee 
funeral director, gaining her National Association of Funeral Directors Diploma in Funeral Directing in 
October 2006. She now holds the position 
of Office Manager. 

James Horne, after gaining the National Association 
of Funeral Directors Diploma in Funeral Directing 
(aged 17 years) started up his own funeral business 
in Woodville, South Derbyshire where he still lives. With the support of the community he very 
quicklybuilt up a well established funeral home. 
He traded for three years on his own, until he sold 
the business to Tamworth Co-operative Society in 
October 1997, for whom he went to work 
as a Operations Manager of their funeral division, 
where he oversaw all the day to day running of a 
large funeral home. He joined Ian Hazel Funerals 
in September 2005 as a Senior Funeral Director
and is now Operations Manager.

Amy Hazel, a fifth generation Funeral Director of the 
Hazel family, joined her father in his business; Ian Hazel 
Funerals in March 2006. 
She decided to join the family business after obtaining 
a BSc Honours Degree in Food Science at Nottingham Trent University. After an initial 
period of trainingshe gained her National Association 
of Funeral DirectorsDiploma in Funeral Directing in 
May 2008. 

She now holds the position of a fully qualified Funeral 
Director.   

Tim Bartlett started his career in Funeral Directing with
the original family business in September 1981. In June
1987 he joined FM and J Wait Funeral Directors in Lichfield
becoming the general manager prior to joining Ian Hazel
Funerals in January 2010. He was appointed
Funeral Director to our Great Barr branch this being the
community that he lives in and knows well.

He is also the Funeral Director representing the Lichfield area.