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14th October 04, 08:11 PM
#21
Part of the observance of the funeral is mourning... another part is celebrating the life of the deceased. I have the feeling your uncle would be thrilled to know you've honored his life with a kilted send-off.
blu
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14th October 04, 08:33 PM
#22
blu, he sure wouldn't want tears. In the morning, before they close the coffin, I'm putting in a bottle of his favorite refreshment, Ruby Port. The minister isn't happy about that, but the family all like the idea. I know he'd appreciate the gesture. Some of the family is getting in tonight and those are the ones that have no idea I'll be wearing a kilt and nobody is going to tell em. One Uncle is retired military so it should be interesting. I'm pretty sure they'll like it even if it will surprise em. It went well this afternoon, nothing but compliments and comments on how he would have loved it.
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14th October 04, 09:03 PM
#23
Very sorry to hear about your loss...Hang in there!
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15th October 04, 03:39 PM
#24
Well, the funeral is over as is the gathering of the kin. It went very well, a simple short service with a piper. I had a nice chat with the piper after things were over and we were the target of everyones cameras. Everyone wanted a picture of the piper and I together. At the house later everyone was very complimentary about the kilt saying my Uncle would have loved it. In spite of the somber occasion it went very well.
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15th October 04, 04:01 PM
#25
Bubba your uncle sounds like he was a great man, I would have loved to meet him.
Hope all goes well for the funeral. I wore trousers to my mother in laws' funeral, I didn't want to upset my family, but I regret it now.
Hank, nice saying that, I love it.
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15th October 04, 04:11 PM
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Graham, he was one of a kind. If there was anything he couldn't do I never saw it. Carpentry, electrical, plumbing, mechanics, cabinet making. He could find a problem and fix it in any machine you can think of. He was a top notch machinist too. I'm sure gonna miss his advice and sense of fun.
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15th October 04, 04:27 PM
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One thing about funerals and memorials is that you really find out about a wonderful life that was lived. Sorry we have to find out about them after the are gone. Glad that all things went well for you Bubba.
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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16th October 04, 05:29 AM
#28
Bubba:
I caught this thread late but I send my heartfelt
condolences to you and your family. It is one of the hardest things in life to say goodbye to a loved one but we may take comfort in the fact that the circle will be mended one day. Stand proud in your kilt as you honor your Uncles' memory as I am confident that he was proud of his Nephew.
Bill
P.S. If anything is said from the military side of the family remind them of The Ladies From Hell.
May all your blessings be the ones you want and your friends many and true.
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16th October 04, 05:38 AM
#29
My condolences also. I recently lost my mother-in-law, so I know what your family is going through.
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.
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16th October 04, 06:00 AM
#30
 Originally Posted by Bill
P.S. If anything is said from the military side of the family remind them of The Ladies From Hell. 
Bill, the Col. was a bit of a surprise. He looked me over like I was standing inspection and the only comment he had was he liked the leather vest with the kilt, but I needed a proper jacket.He then proceded to call me Scotty the rest of the day. My cousin Wendy said she was going to start a campaign to get her husband into a kilt.
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