Terry Wayne Ward’s funeral service turned out to be the perfect sendoff for a guy who “couldn’t give a damn about most material things,” according to his now famous obituary. The atypical service was ...

"They want to put the fun in funeral," a friend told me the other day. We were talking about how more and more people are trying to make funerals light and cheery affairs - a celebration of the person ...

FALL RIVER — Charles Auclair's visage was a serious one, stereotypically fitting for a funeral home director. But those who knew him are remembering Auclair as a warm, caring man with one great sense ...

During World War II, the brothers went into the Navy together and served as cooks in a construction battalion — commonly known as “Seabees.” Brother William remembers when they purchased the former ...

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