RIP My Lovely Dad

[mumsisdaughter]

March 14 1929---March 13 2015




Mum is bearing up well with all five of their children, two of their grandchildren and a great-grandchild visiting today.

He went peacefully after a short illness in hospital.

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[mumsisdaughter]

If there's such a thing as a happy funeral, we had it. Mum opted for a Civil Celebrant: a leader of the service which is basically Humanist but a prayer and/or hymn is allowed, unlike Humanist in which there is no mention of a deity or afterlife.
Excellent choice of prayer delivered by my sister, the only deeply religious one of our bunch: 'For the beauty of the Earth' minus the refrain.
One of his grandchildren gave a lovely eulogy, which had us giggling with memories, and Mum read 'Abou Ben Adhem' by Leigh Hunt, because Dad always looked for the best in people.

Dozens of folk for the service and nearly 40 of us afterwards. Beautiful 4ft floral spray from the coffin delivered to the lovely venue for the reception (odd name for it), which we surrounded with photos taken throughout his life. Then later, the family all went back to Mum's and great hilarity ensued as we played his favourite music and reminisced.

He'd have loved it :D

Thanks for your thoughts.