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It’s a Matter of Life
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The twilight’s last gleaming
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist Last week, I was approached to help “retire” flags as the other funeral home in…
August 15, 2014
Dealing with a motherless Mother’s Day
Ken McKenzie Columnist When we physically lose our mothers to death, our normal daily routines are uprooted and…
May 2, 2014
Mortuary vocabulary 101
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist When completing tasks around the mortuary, it is not unusual for me to blurt out…
February 21, 2014
Giving Santa the boot
Kenneth McKenze Columnist I was reaching the age when I was beginning to doubt that Santa Claus was…
December 13, 2013
Making room at your Thanksgiving table
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist It seems like just a week ago that we put away our fancy linens, fine…
November 8, 2013
Pre-planning and pre-paying are the way to go
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist By making your own arrangements in advance, you take away the guesswork for your family,…
October 4, 2013
Old mortuary stories debunked
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist No matter where I go, and someone finds out what I do for a living, there…
September 13, 2013
Given the choice…
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist Isn’t it scary working in a funeral home around all those “dead people?” Â I don’t…
August 9, 2013
Answers to questions you were dying to ask
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist Last month I opened the floor for anyone that had questions or comments about my…
July 5, 2013
It’s just birth…in reverse
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist I was driving around a couple of weekends ago, doing my normal thing: yard sales…
May 2, 2013