The most moving funerals that I've been to are when friends and family step up and reminisce about the life of the deceased, giving touching examples of personal experiences with the deceased. As already mentioned above, this brings out tears as well as happiness. As much as I hate funerals, this type of funeral ceremony makes me glad to be able to celebrate the person's life.
I was fortunate to have participated in such ceremonies for my mother-in-law and my father-in-law, as well as a couple of close friends who died way too prematurely at a relatively young age.
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Originally Posted by dlish
...Luckily, the US Navy was located in the Arabian Sea, and i was able to pay my respects...
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I've not posted in any thread about the O/UBL subject so I should know better and just keep my mouth shut but since I just had a few high % beers for lunch and that always loosens my tongue, physical and virtual, I'll add that I plan to "pay my respects" every time I piss in the ocean in the future. If the OP (or management) is offended by this statement in reply to dlish'ous post please let me know and I'll edit it out -- or wield the ban hammer.