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The Best Is Yet To Come: Frank Sinatra's Sendoff
In the mid 90's, Frank Sinatra was showing signs of dementia and his heart was in bad shape. The beginning of the end was in 1994, when Ol' Blue Eyes was singing My Way on stage in Richmond, Virginia when he suddenly collapsed. He fell off his stool, hit his head on the speaker, and landed on the[...]
If I Had My Life To Live Over...
Erma Bombeck was an American writer and humorist who wrote more than 4,000 newspaper columns and had a following of more than 30 million readers in the United States and Canada. She also published over a dozen books many of which became best sellers. Erma died in 1996 at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer and kidney disease. She was buried in her family's plot in the Woodland[...]
Albrecht Durer, "The Praying Hands"
One of the most popular religious symbols used on Prayer/Memorial cards is the "Praying Hands" by Albrecht Durer.Born May 21, 1471 in Nuremberg, Germany, Albrecht was the third of eighteen children. Noting his son's natural artistic talent, when Albrecht turned sixteen, his father arranged for him to apprentice with Michael Wolgemut, a well known artist. Wolgemut introduced him to[...]
A Final Frontier with Star Trek Themed Funerals
Since its debut in 1966, Star Trek has taken on a prolific life of its own. With television spin-offs, movies, comic books, novelized tie-ins, collectibles and costumes, the world of Star Trek fans, known both interchangeably as Trekkies and Trekkers is one of enormous magnitude.Their knowledge of[...]
Funeral Customs Rooted in Superstition
Many of the customs we find in traditional funerals today have their origins in practices started hundreds of years ago. For the most part, these traditions were initiated to keep the dead from coming back to life as many people believed in and feared these spirits. Some early cultures took drastic measures to eliminate their fear and keep their dead, dead.Saxons in England were known[...]
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