The reading of the obits by Lisa Pie and Patty Cakes was good yesterday. Lots of really old people, as it should be. Just a few young ones, including a pair of brothers killed in a car accident.
Here are the highlights of what was written:
The two brothers that were killed were 25 and 21. Such a tragedy. And get this, the older one had 10 months previously donated a kidney to his aunt. Can you believe that?
There were some great names listed this time. Here are a smattering of them:
Not one but 2 Clarences from different family.
Vada Mildred, who was married to William Bythel
Noemi a.k.a. Minnie
Herman Hetzfelder
Myrtle Bohl Hitzfelder
Lera Hunzeker
Melton Barton K.
Frank Felix
Esther Merle
Eduardo M. known as Wally to his family and friends, The Gator to his grandchildren and G-Pa to his great-grandchildren.
Jenetha
Mary Kay
Claudette
Willie Mae
Gombert
Milton Kermit
Leola Evelyn
Top Honors goes to this short but very sweet rememberance:
Ireland (Sonny) Sapp born December 22, 1945 was called home to be an angel on the dance floors on April 29.
And now I have a couple of complaints. You know, things that get under your skin after the first 25 times of seeing it. It is becoming more and more common for people to describe their dearly departed in this manner "Morris, loving son, brother, cousin, nephew, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend".
I can't even tell you how many people tacked on the "and friend" part to their loved one's legacy. Seems unnecessary to me. Every single person describes their recently deceased as friendly, kind, never met a stranger, etc, so it just seems superfluous to add "and friend" to all those other family titles.
Lastly, I know people think it is cute and clever to come up with interesting names and even more interesting spellings for their children. Like it will individualize them from all the other children their same age with many variations on the spelling or pronunciation of the same flipping name.
How about just coming up with a cool old-fashioned name? Wouldn't a better way for your child to be distinguished from all the other Ashley, Ashlee, Ashleighs in her class if her name were not Aschlii but Claire? or Grace? or any other name?
This week in the not-so-cute spelling of the newest generation of names we find Ashlee and Brandee who are sisters. There were 2 different families that had Kristofers. There were an Adelyn and a Madeliene in the same family. And there was a Maddyson, a Jazmin, Candyce, Gizelle, Daizy, and finally a Jessenia.
Saddling your kid with a moniker that they have to explain and spell to every. single. person. they meet for the next 90 years doesn't seem like a gift. Just my humble opinion.
Godspeed to all the newly departed and I hope their families can find comfort in their grief.
p.s. Kelly Pie just posted the most wonderful obituary on her facebook page. I am updating to give you the link. Now THIS is a fantastic send-off!!!
Thanks Kelly Pie for sharing!!
Whoever wrote Larry McKay's obit should be a professional! I want to hire them. That is awesome.
ReplyDeleteGombert. Someone actually saddled their child with the name of Gombert. That's just sad and tragic.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of stupid spelling, I used to work with a girl who was expecting her first child and was planning on naming him Ian. Only she wasn't going to spell it "Ian." No, no. She wanted to him to be Different and Unique. And sentence him to a lifetime of people asking, "What the hell is your name, son?" by spelling it "Eighn." Luckily for poor Ian, we were able to dissuade her by ruthlessly mocking her attempt at pretentious "spelling."
Oh, and have you watched "My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding?" If you haven't, DON'T. Unless you're a fan of "Jersey Shore" and the other horrific MTV trash shows. It's THAT BAD. And I had such high hopes.
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - A man who announced his change of address in a local newspaper sparked national media attention on Thursday due to the unusual location of his "new home" - six feet under the ground.
ReplyDeleteKarl Albrecht, who died last month at the age of 88, penned the obituary himself in the style of a moving notice, inviting friends to a "lively" celebration at his new lodgings in a cemetery in Hamburg, northern Germany.
"I have moved house. My new address: Olhsdorf-Ruhewald cemetery, plot Bx 65/28C," the announcement in the Hamburger Abendblatt paper said.
"I'll be pleased to have a lively attendance," it read.
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.... and they served schnapps because "he would have wanted that"! (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-germany-obituary-idUSBRE8490YL20120510)