The Superior Express -

I have attended what I consider “my fair share” of funerals over the years. There are several that stand out to me for one reason or another.

Funerals of family members, of course, maybe stand out the most, but one of the first one I remember was not long after I returned home to southcentral Nebraska after time in the military, the East Coast and St. Louis. It was the funeral of a cousin, Art Hoelting. What impressed me the most was the number of people at the funeral in the St. Stephen’s parish church.

By that time, the world became familiar with the huge funeral production of famous people,...