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Time After Time
By lmhall | October 15, 2007
While reflecting on Deidre Blair’s post regarding hiring a photographer for a funeral or memorial service I was reminded that the last two funerals I’ve attended in the last couple of months, my last “living” encounter with the deceased was at previous visitation gatherings. Who knew?
The last time I saw the Rook family was in the reception line at Kevin Umlauf’s visitation last year. His wife Sharon showed me her new tattoo that she got on her 60th birthday.
Last month, at my cousin’s memorial service, (again, no body present) I realized that the last time I’d seen her was at my uncle’s wake.
No pictures were taken at these events. Diedre is right when she says, “Yes, these are hard events to document. But the reward is great.”
The scrap book of our lives. This is an interesting concept and the flip side of the old custom of snapping pix of the deceased, just friends and family.
Topics: Garden, history, funeral homes, memorial garden, memorial service |
