as part of a eulogy speech or as part of an "in loving memory" tribute. Even using a short poem on the card that you send with the flowers for the funeral can help you to find the right words.
At 96, I have been to many funerals and witnessed much sadness. I don't want that at my funeral, and I wrote the following poem to share with friends and family what I would like them to do.
probably kept them going so long. They wasn’t—nobody hardly ever got sick. I’d never been sick. No, wasn’t no bunch of funerals. It’s some here and there, but not nothing like that you attend—You can liable go to a funeral every week around here, and I mean, back then, ...