Example memorials

We built these to show what Cherished Book looks like in real use. Six different lives, six different traditions, each with its own tone. Open any of them, or download the printed memorial book as a PDF.

The people here are not real. We created them with care to show the range of what families can build.

Priya Subramaniam Nair

Priya Subramaniam Nair

1937 – 2025

A primary school teacher and mother of three whose home in Oadby was never empty for long. There was always food on the stove, a lamp lit in the puja room, and room for one more at the table.

Kathleen Mary O'Brien

Kathleen Mary O'Brien

1967 – 2024

An NHS nurse and devoted member of her Coventry parish. Loved for her calm on a busy ward, her Christmas cake, and a singing voice the choir tolerated with great affection.

Mei-Ling Chen

Mei-Ling Chen

1993 – 2024

A designer and photographer from Hackney with an eye for the things most people walk past. Her family and friends remember a thoughtful, funny and quietly remarkable young woman.

Gurpreet Singh Dhaliwal

Gurpreet Singh Dhaliwal

1970 – 2025

A father, langar volunteer and lifelong Wolves supporter. Remembered across his gurdwara and his Wolverhampton community for showing up, every single time, for the people who needed him.

Farrukh Karimov memorial theme

Farrukh Karimov

1942 – 2025

A father, grandfather and engineer whose quiet faith and steady generosity held his family and his Birmingham community together. Remembered without photographs, in keeping with his tradition.

Solomon Goldberg memorial theme

Solomon Goldberg

1940 – 2025

Remembered by his family and community for a life of learning, dry humour and quiet devotion. Honoured without photographs, in keeping with his tradition.

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