Favourite line from a funeral, wedding vows, etc. I was at a funeral

[applegrove]

one time where the daughter of a man who had died said "Dad, our relationship is not over, it has just changed, one more time". I think that is a beautiful sentiment and so true.

My grandfather also wrote at the end of his will "I give to my wife, children, grandchildren, ....... and friends, to be distributed amongst themselves as they deem fit, my undying love and affection for a very, very happy life together with them..":cry:

[yellerpup]

1. Touching and sweet.

He was obviously a man to who knew happiness and adored his family. My condolences for your loss.

[applegrove]

2. Oh my grandfather died in 1982. I was just so touched by what he wrote that I memorized it.

[yellerpup]

3. Ah, I'm sure he would be pleased.

It's a lovely memory to have.

[NightWatcher]

4. From my stepmother's dad's funeral. "put the sunuvabitch in the ground."

He was no well liked or respected at all. Mean, lazy drunk.

Me: Dad, why are there so many people here.

Uncle (over my Dad's shoulder): to make sure they put the sunuvabitch in the ground.

People then stood by and watched them lower the casket into the ground, hugged, and went back to the family house for some good damn food.

[applegrove]

5. Oh man. That is wild.

[csziggy]

6. At a wake, "He didn't realize that woad would not wash off."

About a friend who was killed in an auto accident. We were members of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Our friend's persona for SCA was a Celt so for accuracy he obtained woad to dye himself blue for a "war". He was a most glorious shade of indigo blue imaginable. Everyone was impressed that he'd attempt to be so historically accurate, but at the end of the weekend when he got home and tried to clean himself up to go back to classes for the week, he found that nothing he had in the house would wash the woad off. He was bluish for quite a while.

His roommate told the story at his wake as we all shared our memories of our friend. The best part was that his parents had not heard this story and they laughed the hardest and longest.

[applegrove]

7. Sweet story. Glad the parents heard it.

[polly7]

8. It was up to me to gather up all the favourite stories of my Dad's

children and grand-children for his memorial. I hadn't slept for about a week before he died or in the days after, so I told them whatever they gave me was going in ....... no edits. Well, my one nephew told how my Dad coached him in baseball to get his swing right, and during the game got really frustrated and yelled out 'stop swinging like an asshole!'. My Dad was a quiet man, so it was funny at the time, but at his service, there was dead silence then a lot of laughing, including the minister and funeral people. A little awkward, but oh well.

[applegrove]

9. My dad told a story about my nephew at my grandmother's funeral: my sister

and her two sons were driving past a hospital that had a helicopter pad. The 7 year old says to his mom "Mom what is that for?" Mom says "it is for helicopters to land". The 7 year old says "why?". The 4 year old says "don't be silly jamesy...how do you think they get the dead people up to heaven". LOL!

[polly7]

10. LOL Very cute, the 4 y/o was pretty sharp! Those are the things we

remember about the services, aren't they? Thankfully. I know my Dad would have gotten a huge kick out of people actually laughing at his.

[HopeHoops]

11. "Well, here we are."

[sarge43]

12. Heard this from a military honor guard

At the conclusion of the funeral, wife, holding flag, walks up to the casket and says "Now you son of a bitch, I'll finally know where you are at night."

[Raven]

13. "None better, damn few as good!" Irish toast.

[rbnyc]

14. When the Co=Founder of my not-for-profit died...

...someone who spoke at the memorial service said she expected him to appear in a few weeks after all the memorial gifts come in.

[EastTennesseeDem]

15. When my grandfather died

my crazy, wonderful great aunt wore a Colts jersey to the visitation because they were in the playoffs. The TV in the lounge had the game on, and I wanted to check in on the Saints. When I turned the channel from the Colts game, she said "There's about to be another body in that room."

[applegrove]

16. LOL!

[LNM]

21. That's hilarious! nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

17. One of my relatives back in the early 1960s had had a couple of

broken engagements, but then she found someone who seemed to be a keeper, and we all went to the wedding.

After the ceremony, as the bride and groom were coming back down the aisle, her five-year-old nephew said loudly, echoing what he'd probably heard his grandparents say:"Well, we're finally getting her married off!"

[nolabear]

18. When my great aunt died, they had a viewing the night before the funeral.

My sister and I were standing near the coffin for some time and I SWEAR we heard two different people walk by and say, fondly, "Don't she look funny with her mouth shut?"

[peacefreak]

19. At my aunt's wake

a little old lady toddled up to the casket. She reached in & patted my aunt's hand and said "Mabel, you never looked better."

[polly7]

23. LOL

:spray:

[eagles55]

20. At my younger sister's wedding

My brother-in-law was teasing my then 11 year old nephew abour being a vampire for drinking Christ's blood. Outside of the church, my nephew says to his mother (my sister), "Mom, Dad's calling me a vampire for drinking Christ's blood." I wasn't sure what my sister said to him. "The nesxt comment out of my dear nephew's mouth: did Christ have AIDS?"

From the funeral of my friend's mother: Sometime at the graveside service, her five year old niece walks up to the casket. She knocks on it then says, "Grandma, you in there?"

[applegrove]

22. The last line from my grandfather's will is "my undying affection and respect for a very, very happy

life together with them".

[LibertyLover]

24. A very good friend

and my high priestess died a few years ago and was buried next to her husband in Arlington National Cemetery. Rosemary had been active in MENSA, road car racing and the local pagan community for years and her funeral was well attended. Just before we all walked out for the interment, a brief news announcement was made that the Veterans Administration had formally adopted the pentagram as a permitted religious symbol on grave stones, so we were all, Christian, Pagan and Other, thrilled that Rosemary and her Abe would have markers on their graves with a religious symbol that meant all the world to them. At the grave, we deposited the urn with her ashes and several people said many good things about Rosemary and her life in the earnest tones of voice that people use when they want people to understand that they mean what they are saying. Then it happened. Her older daughter looked in the small hole and declared that it just wasn't right for her mom to go into the afterlife unaccompanied by anything. We all started pawing through purses, backpacks and pockets and came up with an astounding amount of stuff - jewelry, a couple of small bottles of whiskey, cigarettes, a lighter, driving gloves, a bodice ripper novel - all happily tossed in with comments like "enjoy Rosemary, and don't forget to share with Abe". We laughed and laughed and told Rosemary and Abe stories and laughed some more. The cemetery attendant who was coordinating the burial started to laugh and told us that he couldn't remember enjoying a funeral so much in years. It was a good way to say good bye to a dear lady. And a few hundred years from now when archaeologists excavate her grave, they will have lots of fun trying to decide just what ritual significance (sorry, inside archaeology joke) all those things had to the early 21st century US population.

[siligut]

25. My father died before my mother and she kept his ashes in her home.

When my mother died, my brother wanted a funeral service and a burial plot. He wielded a titanium container for both of their ashes. When I met him at the cemetery, he showed me the container, then shook it and said "Well, they are having a good time now."

[geardaddy]

26. At an ex-girlfriend's mom's funeral, she had them play a recording of

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" for a recessional.

[hedgehog]

27. At the meal after my mother's memorial, one of my kids commented

"Now I understand what Grandma meant when she said Rosie's wedding was almost as fun as a funeral!"

[EastTennesseeDem]

28. This thread is begging for this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ&feature=related