"joined his wife Evangeline amongst the stars from whose dust they were made. Now reunited they explore the fields of Elysium. Together as they had almost always been they gaze down upon their children...grandchildren...and new baby Katherine with contentment, peace and love. From the heavens they reach One final time To bless us all, ...
I think I'll just let you read the rest of that for yourselves, if that's okay. Services, you won't be too surprised to note, at the
Universalist Church...
A new variety of obit I've noticed lately in the Post-Standard is one I'm calling "RIP Old Rip." The decedent is usually though not always male; the obit recites in loving detail the ways in which the Old Rip flouted convention and was generally an Old Rip; and the paragraph about arrangements always begins: "A celebration of Old Rip's life will take place at [insert name of his/her favorite bar here]..."
ReplyDelete