Where’s the most unusual place you’ve been for a memorial service?
When I grew up in Waseca in the 1970s and ’80s, I don’t think I ever went to a …
Tag Archives: wakes
Last Man Standing
I saw this today on Caleb Wilde’s Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook page, and I have to admit, it …
Mr. Dufault’s Opus
What’s the longest time you’ve stood in line at a wake? Wakes in Waseca are legendary—anyone who had lived in …
“See Dad dead”
I just finished an amazing memoir, Thirty Rooms to Hide in: Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of …
Wakes move from homes to community centers
On January 23, I wrote about the transition from in-home wakes to wakes being held at funeral homes. Probably very …
The “home” before there were funeral “homes”
Thanks to a Facebook friend, I came across the Avenidas Funeral Chapel‘s information page on the social networking site. This …
More thoughts on the Newtown wakes
Other thoughts regarding Newtown: How many parents brought their children to the wake(s) of their classmates? I was eight years …
