Not me but the local vicar....
could well be posting for this.

A few years my Mum died and I was back home for the funeral, unfortunately another member of the family had died so the funeral was also when I was home. In the interest of getting the family catchup done before mums funeral I thought I would keep my dad company and go along.

The vicar starts, as they always do, with a few words about how he hadn't known Cecil for long and that 'Cecil is leaving behind a loving wife....'etc (I am sure you are getting the picture). All the time this is going on I am thinking in my head that I always thought his name was Cyril but everyone knows how it is with distant relatives you are never too sure. After several mentions of Cecil I whispered to my Dad 'I thought his name was Cyril' to which he replies that it was. A couple of minutes later (and several more references to Cecil) everyone hears the widow at the front call out under her breath 'IT'S CYRIL NOT CECIL!'. I have never seen a vicar stumble through an apology like that before or since and that moment with live with me for a long time.
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 16:03, 1 reply)

Happened at my gran's funeral, too.
Got her name completely wrong; her name was Katherine, not Willa. To my mother's credit, I've never heard anyone be as simultaneously polite and absolutely livid as she was when correcting the vicar.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 16:40, closed)