Details of Janey Godley’s ‘final tour’ released after week of ‘love and kindness’

The details of Janey Godley’s funeral have been released by the comedian’s family a week after her death.

Posting on the stand up’s X account, her daughter Ashley Storrie shared details of a two-day “final tour” of the cities Godley loved.

A hearse carrying the comedian is set to travel through Edinburgh one last time on November 29. With the procession making its way down the Royal Mile towards St Giles Cathedral for a moment of reflection before making driving to Glasgow.

The funeral service will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral on Great Western Road. The procession will then make its way to a nearby crematorium for a private service.

Those attending have been asked to wear bright colours and donate to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice rather than flowers.

The post read: “For the past few years of Ma’s life, it was important to her that she shared her journey with everyone, to offer support for others on the same path and highlight the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer- all of course in her very singular Janey style, with laughter and candour.

“So many of you who have travelled with us on this journey wish to bid her final farewell, so here’s the details of my mum’s final tour, in the two cities she loved with all her heart.”

The 63-year-old passed away “surrounded by friends and family” on Saturday, November 2, her manager Chris Davis said.

In a statement, he said: “Janey died peacefully in the wonderful Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow surrounded by her loved ones.

“She will be hugely missed by her family, friends and her many fans.”

Godley revealed in September she had been receiving palliative care in a hospice.

In 2021, the stand-up comic revealed she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and cancelled her upcoming tour dates.

At the time, Godley’s daughter Ashley Storrie, also a comedian and writer, who often appears in her mum’s videos, said: “Devastation doesn’t touch the edges of how I feel right now.”

She underwent a hysterectomy and, in 2022, Godley was given the all-clear and said in a post to X that a scan showed “no evidence of disease”.

Plans were put in place for her to go back on tour. But shortly before Christmas 2022, Godley revealed that her cancer had returned and that her 2023 tour “may be her last”.

In an emotional television interview on STV News, she said her cancer was “treatable but not curable”.

In September, as she was due to embark on the Why Is She Still Here? tour, which included dates across UK cities including London, Belfast and Edinburgh, her doctors advised her that she should stop working “for the foreseeable future”.

Her management announced her autumn tour was cancelled.

Days later, in an emotional video from a hospice bed, Godley confirmed she was receiving end-of-life care.

She continued to post sporadic updates about her palliative treatment.

On Thursday, Ashley Storrie said her mum was in the “final beats of her life”.

The University of Glasgow awarded Godley an honorary doctorate.

“This has brought her so much joy in the final beats of her life,” Storrie said.

“Janey is so honoured, and I am so immensely proud of her. Congratulations Doctor Godley.”