The Old Folks Home

[Alaskan]

What I did today.

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only an acquaintance. Tom.

 

[chickadoodles]

Alaskan I'm sorry for your acquaintance's family. That is a very old fashioned burial.
Thank you for sharing the pics.

 

[ronott1]

What I did today.

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only an acquaintance. Tom.

Was your Big Boy one of the pall bearers?

 

[Alaskan]

Alaskan I'm sorry for your acquaintance's family. That is a very old fashioned burial.
Thank you for sharing the pics.

Thank you. I thought the pictures would be enjoyed.

And yes it is. We don't do embalming either. The coffin was actually made by the wife. His death was expected. He had prostate cancer. His wife took great care of him, when he was given 6 months to live he lived 3 more years. He was still able to get around a bit up until last month. So...as things go...pretty good.

Was your Big Boy one of the pall bearers?

He was, but didn't help lower the coffin ... ... in the photo of lowering the coffin, he is standing far back center without a rope...he was going from one side to the other straightening the ropes out so they would slip through better.

 

[Alaskan]

we are actually having a baptism in the church tomorrow. ...

 

[ronott1]

Thank you. I thought the pictures would be enjoyed.

And yes it is. We don't do embalming either. The coffin was actually made by the wife. His death was expected. He had prostate cancer. His wife took great care of him, when he was given 6 months to live he lived 3 more years. He was still able to get around a bit up until last month. So...as things go...pretty good.



He was, but didn't help lower the coffin ... ... in the photo of lowering the coffin, he is standing far back center without a rope...he was going from one side to the other straightening the ropes out so they would slip through better.

I figured he would be a part of it since he went on a religious trip last year

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Penny I have looked all over the house I can't find a hole.
Once a black snake came out of our bedroom. I had my dh tear his closet apart he did find a mouse hole but he sale it up.
I looked all over again this morning and we can't figure it out.

I don't know if this helps...but snakes climb really well. There was a snake on the secong floor of this house one time. This is an old house too. There is always the odd mouse.

 

[Bunnylady]

I have always liked and handled snakes. The concept of being afraid of them is foreign to me. As long as they are not poisonous, i am good with them.

I came within 6 inches of stepping on a copperhead a couple of days ago. I was actually stepping over it when I realized it wasn't a stick. The snake and I both changed course very suddenly.

we are actually having a baptism in the church tomorrow. ...

The end of one life, the beginning of another; definitely a poignant juxtaposition. Sounds like a blessed life, and praying blessings on the new life just begun.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

What I did today.

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only an acquaintance. Tom.

Thank you. I thought the pictures would be enjoyed.

And yes it is. We don't do embalming either. The coffin was actually made by the wife. His death was expected. He had prostate cancer. His wife took great care of him, when he was given 6 months to live he lived 3 more years. He was still able to get around a bit up until last month. So...as things go...pretty good.



He was, but didn't help lower the coffin ... ... in the photo of lowering the coffin, he is standing far back center without a rope...he was going from one side to the other straightening the ropes out so they would slip through better.

That looks like a lovely funeral. (If I may call it that)

Is the grave filled in by the people with shovels? Or is it done with a machine?

When I was about 15, I attended the funeral of a friend, he was only 21. He was of native descent. There was a wake for him and he was transported to the burial site in the back of a half ton. It looked very much the same as the funeral pic above. At the end, the men each took turns filling the gravesite once the box was lowered. It was and still is one of the nicest burials I've been too.

 

[Alaskan]

That looks like a lovely funeral. (If I may call it that)

Is the grave filled in by the people with shovels? Or is it done with a machine?

When I was about 15, I attended the funeral of a friend, he was only 21. He was of native descent. There was a wake for him and he was transported to the burial site in the back of a half ton. It looked very much the same as the funeral pic above. At the end, the men each took turns filling the gravesite once the box was lowered. It was and still is one of the nicest burials I've been too.

Yeah, it was a lovely funeral.

I enjoy all of the rituals around funerals. The visitation of the body at his house, then the body at the church and people take turns reading psalms, then the service, then the burial, then a shared meal and sharing stories of the person's life. It is fun.

Usually at the end of the service at the gravesite everyone helps by starting to fill the grave, close family first. Then the people with strong backs finish up.

Not sure why, but this time the backhoe guy offered to come back and finish up for us...maybe because most of Tom's friends were pretty old and tottery? Not quite sure why, there were enough good backs to get the job done.