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Category Archives: Good Death

A good death

July 31, 2009 at 19:08

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The monk who died with a smile on his face This photo of Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, a monk of Mt Athos, was taken at his funeral.

Dying with reverence and friends a gentle death

July 9, 2009 at 11:08

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With Faith and Friends, Convent Offers Model for End of Life For the elderly and infirm Roman Catholic sisters here, all of this takes place in a Mother House designed like a secular retirement community for a congregation that is literally dying off, like so many religious orders. On average, one sister dies each month, […]

Msgr William Kerr died while preaching a sermon

May 19, 2009 at 22:53

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Matthew of the Shrine of the Holy Whapping delivers the sad news that Msgr William Kerr who baptized him in 1983, was felled by a massive stroke while in the pulpit last week at the co-cathedral of St. Thomas More.  There is a fascinating connection to Ted Bundy, the story of which you click the […]

“That’s the way to go”

April 13, 2009 at 11:38

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Via the Deacon’s Bench, comes this story in the Washington Post about a Maryland priest who died on Holy Thursday. Md. Priest’s Death Adds Meaning to Holy Week Dying on Holy Thursday — the day marking the creation of the priesthood — on the floor of his parish’s sanctuary, under the eyes of a statue […]

Being in a mystery

February 13, 2009 at 10:41

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Amy Wellborn on the death of her husband Michael Dubriel. There are stages, there are layers, there are bridges. There is a void, my best friend in the world is just – gone.  But in this moment I am confronted with the question, most brutally asked, of whether I really do believe all that I […]

Death by Stomping Wine

November 16, 2008 at 16:42

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Two French wine-makers suffocated by carbon dioxide fumes from grapes they were treading Two amateur French wine makers have died after they were suffocated by the fumes from the grapes they were treading with their bare feet. The victims had volunteered to help a friend make wine at his vineyard in the northern Ardeche region […]

Bowler Dies Moments After First 300 Game

November 1, 2008 at 11:14

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Bowler Dies Moments After First 300 Game Don Doane belonged to the same team at a Ravenna bowling alley for 45 years. Just moments after rolling the first perfect 300 game of his life, Doane collapsed onto the floor while high-fiving his Nutt Farm teammates. The 62-year-old Ravenna resident was taken to a local hospital […]

Father Died Saving Son

September 12, 2008 at 01:12

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In the Washington Post, Jonathan Mummolo writes that the Father Who Died Saving Son Known for Sacrifice If you ever ran into Nokesville dad Thomas S. Vander Woude, chances are you would also see his son Joseph. Whether Vander Woude was volunteering at church, coaching basketball or working on his farm, Joseph was often right […]

Singing a happy song, the world’s oldest blogger dies

July 14, 2008 at 13:21

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Olive Riley began blogging at 108 to share stories from her life in the Australian outback, during two world wars and raising children on her own.    She delighted in her notoriety because she said it kept her mind fresh.  She died singing a happy song as she did every day. Ronni Bennet muses on […]

Alex the Parrot

September 15, 2007 at 08:36

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When Dr. Pepperberg put Alex parrot in his cage last Thursday night, he looked at her and said,”You be good, see you tomorrow.  I love you.” Next day he was found dead in his cage. Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the End. In 1977, when Dr. Pepperberg, then a doctoral student in chemistry at Harvard, […]