Many of the blog readers had never heard of a Funeral book. Perhaps it is a Midwest thing? Anyways when someone dies the Funeral Home gives the family a book. It has room for all the pertinent information...name, birth, death, location of service and burial...etc...it also serves as a guest book for the mourners to sign.
This is a look into my Great Grandmothers Funeral book from 1968. The front is decorated with a golden door and Cala Lilies.
Grandma Hattie
A handwritten list of expenses and the people who attended.
Not much of her information was filled in...so I did it...57 years later.
I do not recall Grandma Hattie. I recall my Mother going to the nursing home to visit her, nor do I recall the funeral.
A four generation photo taken in the spring of 1952. Me and my Mother, my Grandfather Albert and my Great Grandmother Hadwig (Hattie) she was 74 years old in this photo almost the same age as I am now.
Far Side
