A Scottish woman who tragically lost her mother and partner in the space of eight months says the crippling financial pressure of paying for two funerals so close to each other has put her under significant strain.
Elaine Stirling, 39, told how her world was turned upside down by the sudden passing of mum Carol, 59, in April last year after she suffered three brain aneurysms following the formation of a clot in her heart.
The mum-of-six later suffered further heartache weeks before Christmas when partner Thomas Brown, also 39, was found at his home in Johnstone, with medics describing his death as “unascertained”.
