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Message: <blockquote data-quote="emm1978" data-source="post: 240255" data-attributes="member: 128">Frederick Pyne (Matt Skilbeck) told me on Facebook that before Sheila Mercier died she stated that she didn't want a real life funeral after she's gone, so the producers took that into account, and, out of respect, held her fictional funeral off-screen.She was remembered though, and that's the main thing.For the record, Ena Sharples, Annie Walker, etc... never had  on-screen funerals in Coronation Street either</blockquote>