New York State Funeral Directors Association
A dozen veterans of the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry spent a snowy Sunday morning, March 10 honoring Irish-American Civil War veterans buried at two Albany, N.Y. area cemeteries.
‘Til death do you part.
Did those words give you pause when you said them in front of an officiate and a handful of friends and family?
Did you even hear them, in your nervousness and joy?
I was a young teen when my good friend’s grandfather passed away, and, as was typical for me, I didn’t know what to do or say.
So being asked to serve as a pallbearer on the day of the funeral was fulfilling. I felt that I could, at the very least, play some role during that difficult day.
It didn’t take long until I realized how difficult the day was going to be.
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