This is Not Your Grandfather's Funeral (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - The next time you attend a funeral, don't be surprised if it more closely resembles the last wedding you went to than the somber farewell you bid your grandfather 20 years ago. Published: 8/28/2008

Services for Willa Mae Dellums (San Francisco Chronicle)
A memorial service for Willa Mae Dellums, mother of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Fouche's Hudson Funeral Home, 3665 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. Mrs. Dellums, a longtime Oakland resident, died Aug. 17 at age 89. In lieu of flowers... Published: 8/27/2008

CAROLYN FITZJARRALD (Paris Beacon)
Carolyn Fitzjarrald, 65, of Benton, died at 6:55 p.m. Monday (Aug. 11, 2008) at her home. Graveside services are 1 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 14) at the Grandview Cemetery in Kansas, with Pastor Ed Stephens officiating. Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home in Benton is in charge of arrangements. Published: 8/28/2008

Afternoon obituary update (Daily Journal)
Olga T. Barclay passed away peacefully at home in Walnut Creek, Calif. after an extended illness. Funeral service will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, 2211 W. Landis Ave., Vineland. Published: 8/28/2008

The Rockdale Reporter Online (Rockdale Reporter)
Ormsby Services for Wilma Ormsby, 92, of Rockdale were held Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Rev. Howard W. Schutt and Rev. Earl Presley of First Christian Church officiating. Burial was in I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Published: 8/28/2008

Roland family requests charitable donations (Hammond Daily Star)
The family of former Southeastern head football coach Dennis Roland has requested that donations be made in Roland's memory to three charitable groups in lieu of flowers. Published: 8/28/2008

Care-giving clan adopts young sailor's grave site (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Every Saturday since his wife's funeral 18 months ago, Archie Liston, with his daughter and granddaughter, visits Greenwood Memorial Park to tend to her grave, along with the graves of other family members. One day they spotted a plot nearby they had never noticed before. Published: 8/28/2008

Last Modified: 8/29/2008