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Memorial services are not so much rites for the dead as celebrations by the living and for the living of the lives of those who have died. Such ceremonies are an important way of saying good-bye, yet most people are not sure exactly what to do when the task of arranging one falls to them.
Here is a practical and supportive guide, explaining how to cope with all the details when efficiency is furthest from your mind:
Timing, place, and who should participate
Selecting a minister or spiritual leader
Choosing the right words and music
Writing a eulogy
Setting the scene with flowers, photos, and mementos
Bringing closure by providing food, drink, and companionship afterward
In addition to two sample memorial services, an annotated bibliography and discography, and a listing of memorial societies throughout the country, Rob Baker offers helpful information and advice on funerals, cremation, undertakers (including where to look on the Web to evaluate what they have to offer), donating the body or its organs for medical purposes, as well as a brief history of funerary traditions.
Here is a practical and supportive guide, explaining how to cope with all the details when efficiency is furthest from your mind:
Timing, place, and who should participate
Selecting a minister or spiritual leader
Choosing the right words and music
Writing a eulogy
Setting the scene with flowers, photos, and mementos
Bringing closure by providing food, drink, and companionship afterward
In addition to two sample memorial services, an annotated bibliography and discography, and a listing of memorial societies throughout the country, Rob Baker offers helpful information and advice on funerals, cremation, undertakers (including where to look on the Web to evaluate what they have to offer), donating the body or its organs for medical purposes, as well as a brief history of funerary traditions.
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A native of Indiana and a graduate of Indiana University, Rob Baker was the pop music columnist for The Chicago Tribune in the late 1960s. He moved to New York City in 1969 and over the course of the next two decades reviewed music, dance, theater, and film while working as an editor for various publications, including DanceMagazine, The Soho Weekly News, New York Daily News, and Women's Wear Daily. His books include Bette Midler: An Unauthorized Biography and The Art of AIDS: From Stigma to Conscience. From 1987 to 1992, he was coeditor of Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition. In 1994, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he worked as a freelance writer, editor, and translator.
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