Funeral Poems, Readings, Music, Quotations & Thoughts

Obituary: Jane Lotter (by herself)

Last Month the Seattle Times published the obituary of a local woman, Jane Catherine Lotter. There was nothing unusual about it until you read on to the end of the first sentence which went like this: One of the few advantages of dying from Grade 3, Stage IIIC endometrial cancer, recurrent and metastasized to the liver and abdomen, is that you [...] Read more

Wilko Johnson: 'Man, it makes you feel alive to be told you’re dying’

Funerals are sad affairs. Bereavement can be a terrible blow and part of the purpose of a funeral is to provide an outlet for grief and a time for weeping and mourning. At the same time though it is a time when we need to hear something positive because we are also at a funeral to remember with joy a person's life and to look to the future with [...] Read more