CraftyGal's funeral [View all]

[TrogL]

We had her celebration of life on Saturday morning. One of her sons flew in from Victoria. Her birth mother and one of my AA sponsees attended on Zoom. We did a Zoom recording but the sound is kinda iffy so I won't post it.

A suborganist played some Bach Choral Preludes. I gave my eulogy based around the serenity prayer.

Acceptance:

- due to ongoing kidney problems her life was going to be shortened
- she was not a good candidate for transplant and artificial kidneys wouldn't be ready in time

Courage:

- heavily involved in neighbourhood cleanup and rejuvenation
- advocacy for wheelchair accessibility
- on City Hall committees, also first name basis with mayor
- provincial and federal politics, knew Premiers and federal Party leaders

Wisdom:

- crafts were keeping her sane and alert but her cognition was going
- there wasn't much more the clinic could do
- she died sober

Then my daughter got up and did a short eulogy saying she was a second mother to her.

The service was sung Matins plus the funeral sentences. Psalm 119 part 1. First hymn tune was Puer Nobis Nascitur, the final was St Anne so of course I requested the Bach St Anne fugue which the regular organist couldn't handle, hence the suborganist.