Archive for August 17th, 2007
Planning an A-List Funeral. Goodbye Brooke Astor
Friday, August 17th, 2007NEW YORK (AP) - Brooke Astor left her 83-year-old son a who’s who guest list for her funeral - and a will that pits him against other mourners who have accused him of going for her money while she lived in squalor.
Brooke Astor died Monday at 105 at her Holly Hill country home in Briarcliff […]
Book Review: Funeral Directors Get No Respect
Friday, August 17th, 2007From the Archives:
“Does This Mean You’ll See Me Naked?” by Robert D. Webster, a Funeral Director reflecting on 30 years of “serving the living”.
This book was plucked from the pile of summer reading material because it had the word “Naked” in the title.
Webster’s personal accounts of a 30 year career in funeral service was fascinating. […]
