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family stuff
Aug. 21st, 2012 10:19 pmWell, one of my uncles has passed away. (one of Mom's brothers-in-law) So I am down in Vienna IL right now. The visitation was this evening, in the Masonic Lodge in Goreville. (Didn't know he was a Mason. But then, he's not one of the uncles I have ever been that close with..{Of course, that actually applies to most of them…})
The visitation ended up as (basically) a reception line… my aunt at the foot of the casket, and the 2 cousins at the head of the casket. with everyone going past them , chatting/giving condolences/hugging/etc. I can't imagine doing that for 3 hours! And literally, Mom siad that's what it was like before I got there. The line streched out the main room of the lodge and back through the dining area for close to 3 hours.
Mom has already expressed wish to be cremated. So I think the cremation soon after, have a nice urn with pictures of Mom, some of her bird figureins around it, I think I can handle. I really don't think I could handle standing next to her dead body for that long though.
After the visitation was over, the MAson's had a short ceremony. Pretty uch Christian based, but there were some oddities. May read a bit more about the Masonic Lodges
Funeral is tomorrow, again at the Masonic Lodge, and then burial out at Webb Cemetery..
(A big thanks to Hank, who let me have vacation on such short notice. I have a GOOD boss! :)
I am annoyed at T-Mobile. Mom left me a voice mail last Wednesday letting me kow the uncle was in hospital in St. Louis, for ccancer treatment. It didn't pop up until Sunday night. It didn't even show she had colled. Would have been nice to have visited. Oh Well.
I am tired enough, I think I shall head to the Dreaming.
The visitation ended up as (basically) a reception line… my aunt at the foot of the casket, and the 2 cousins at the head of the casket. with everyone going past them , chatting/giving condolences/hugging/etc. I can't imagine doing that for 3 hours! And literally, Mom siad that's what it was like before I got there. The line streched out the main room of the lodge and back through the dining area for close to 3 hours.
Mom has already expressed wish to be cremated. So I think the cremation soon after, have a nice urn with pictures of Mom, some of her bird figureins around it, I think I can handle. I really don't think I could handle standing next to her dead body for that long though.
After the visitation was over, the MAson's had a short ceremony. Pretty uch Christian based, but there were some oddities. May read a bit more about the Masonic Lodges
Funeral is tomorrow, again at the Masonic Lodge, and then burial out at Webb Cemetery..
(A big thanks to Hank, who let me have vacation on such short notice. I have a GOOD boss! :)
I am annoyed at T-Mobile. Mom left me a voice mail last Wednesday letting me kow the uncle was in hospital in St. Louis, for ccancer treatment. It didn't pop up until Sunday night. It didn't even show she had colled. Would have been nice to have visited. Oh Well.
I am tired enough, I think I shall head to the Dreaming.
