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Monday, March 27, 2017Southeastern Minnesota Reading Council, Phi Delta Kappa Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter CS of the PEO Sisterhood, the D.A.R., Sequoia Club, and the Ruskin Study Club. She attended the Blandin Community Leadership Program, as well. It must be mentioned that Donna was an avid bridge player.For these and other professional and community contributions, Donna was the recipient of many awards, including: Winona Teacher of the Year, inclusion in Who’s Who Among American Teachers, the Thomas Stark Award from the United Way, the Celebrate Literacy Award from the International Reading Association, the Athena Award for women in leadership from the Winona Chamber of Commerce, the Ben and Adith Miller Tribute from Winona Health, Rotary International Distinguished Club President (awarded in Barcelona, Spain), a Certificate of Appreciation from the city of Winona for increasing literacy among community youth, and a certificate from the Minnesota Senate for promoting literacy. Her name was also included in Who’s Who of American Women, the international Who’s Who of Professional Business Women, and Outstanding Young Women of America.Beyond her professional and civic contributions, Donna will be remembered as an energetic, witty, loving and giving friend to many people locally and around the world. She never stopped learning through her many activities, friendships, and her extensive travel to Europe, India, Australia and all over the world and United States. Donna’s willingness to host myriad public and private events, her generosity of spirit as well as treasure, love of educating children (even teaching them to swim), her ready laugh, her appreciation of beauty and humanity will all be missed by a community that has benefited from her full and benevolent life. As Donna’s mother would say, we will miss Donna’s “personality plus!”Donna’s survivors include her cousins, Steve Duffy and Lynn Enlow; special friend, Brian Williamson of Australia; and many, many other friends. Get tips on free stuff and fun ideas delivered weekly to your inbox .whatcounts-form-container.well { padding-bottom: 5px; } .whatcounts-form-container .left-col, .whatcounts-form-container .right-col{ float: left; width: 100%; max-width: 345px; } .whatcounts-form-container .left-col{ margin-right: 20px; } .whatcounts-form-container .whatcounts-min .left-col{ max-width: none; margin: 0; } .whatcounts-form-container .disclaimer { font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom:10px; clear:both; } .whatcounts-form-container .input-group-addon.wc-addon-captcha{ padding: 4px 10px; border-left: 0; } Funeral services for Donna Jeanne Helble will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, with visitation starting at 9:30 a.m. at her church, Wesley United Methodist, in Winona, Minn. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, March 17, at Fawcett Junker Funeral Home.A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 20, with visitation one hour prior at the United Methodist Church, 222 12th St., De Witt, Iowa, 52742, 562-659-5624.Interment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery, De Witt, Iowa.Memorials may be directed...
From an Obit Writer, the Last Word on 'The Last Word' - New York Times
Monday, March 13, 2017Harriet Lauler, she reaches out to all of the contacts, visits many of them in person, including Harriet’s ex-husband, and fails to elicit a single compliment, blandishment or fond remembrance about a woman who was a prominent citizen for decades in her Southern California town.More noteworthy, she fails to extract a single distinctive fact about Harriet’s past. Those only begin to emerge after Anne and Harriet start to buddy up during a series of highly unlikely adventures. Anyway, it finally occurs to Anne to actually look Harriet up in the files of her own newspaper. It turns out Harriet had a life! What do you know!As a one-time obituary writer for The Times, I was miffed by all this, and especially by Harriet’s suggestion that obituarists aren’t “real” writers. So I leap here to the defense of my noble former colleagues at this paper and others. People who see this movie unawares should be told that it’s fake news, and that it’s the obits themselves that are real news. The kind of article that Anne started writing and that Harriet was trying to orchestrate is more suited to the tiny-type paid death notices placed in newspapers or on Legacy.com by bereft families who wish to announce publicly their bereftness.Though obit writers at The Times and elsewhere do talk to relatives and friends of their subjects, they don’t spend too much energy on it precisely because most of what people say about their loved ones in such a circumstance tends to be fulsome praise or scented memories — exactly the kind of generic sentimentality that you don’t want to put in a news obituary, yet exactly what Anne was trying to get her interviewees to utter.What the real writer is interested in from these people is factual information — the specifics of the subject’s education, for example, or where she was born and grew up — so that some connection might be made between the person’s background and the reason the obituary is being written in the first place. Which is why most of the time you do your research before, not after you call the friends and family. The last thing you want is for them to think you don’t know anything about the person you’re asking about.Anecdotes are helpful, too, because they reveal character and are fun for the reader to read. Remember the reader? Anne never does. When she finally has anecdotes to write about, that’s when she decides not to write the obit at all. And by the way, when you’re writing an actual advance obituary, you tend not to approach friends and family at all, lest you freak them out.There are exceptions, of course, and from time to time some people even agree to be interviewed for their own obituaries, but in “The Last Word” it is striking that no one seems perturbed or even surprised that a reporter is nosing around for an obituary of an acquaintance still very much alive.Ms. MacLaine, I speak directly to you now. You have had a remarkable life; the movies I watched whil...
Monday, March 06, 2017Saturday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith's Mount Pleasant Chapel.SIMON-SIMMONS, Virgie, 74, of Charleston died Friday. Arrangements by Murray's Mortuary of North Charleston.Berkeley CountyBLAND, David B., 61, of Pineville, an employee of Charleston Air Force Base, pastor with Atonement Reformed Episcopal Church and husband of Alice M. Bland, died Saturday. Arrangements by Gethers Funeral Home of Moncks Corner.CART, Robert Eugene, 64, of Moncks Corner, a retired Navy petty officer first class, retired master deputy with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and husband of Pam Prow Cart, died Saturday. Arrangements by Dial-Murray Funeral Home.LEATHERWOOD, Bryon B., 22, of Hanahan died Saturday. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.WASHINGTON, Ora Lee Paull, 80, of St. Stephen, widow of Ernest Washington, died Saturday. Arrangements by Henryhand's St. Stephen Chapel.ElsewhereSMITH, Sharon McCrea, 59, of Atlanta, formerly of Kingstree, S.C., an employee of Delta Airlines and widow of Reuben Smith, died Friday. Arrangements by Henryhand's Kingstree Chapel.WHITE, Eartha Lee, 92, of Holly Hill died Saturday. Arrangements by Eutawville Community Funeral Home.WHITE, Henderson, 90, of Lithonia, Ga., a retired pastor and widower of Rhemell Dunmore White, died Saturday. Arrangements by Henryhand's Andrews, S.C. Chapel.
Monday, March 06, 2017Sunday February 12, 2017 from the Bradley's Funeral Home in Marion with Pastor Justin Keene and Pastor William Wagner officiating. Interment will follow in the Robinette Cemetery in Bland, Va., with full Military Honors being rendered. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Francis Marion VFW Post 4667, P.O.Box 467 Marion, VA, 24354. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. Bradley's Funeral Home of Marion is serving the Call Family...
Monday, February 06, 2017Beverly Wilson of Stone Mountain, GA, Marcus Ratliff of Stone Mountain, GA and James Ratliff of El Dorado, AR; sisters, Maggie Bland of Seattle, WA, Bee James of El Dorado, AR and Sammie Harrison of El Dorado, AR; and a brother, Charles James of Seattle, WA. She also leaves a other children; a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.A service of celebration will be held at 11:00 a.m. On Tuesday, February 7,2017 at MorningStar Baptist Church#2 with Rev. Felton Burgie, officiating. Interment will be in Lott Burgie Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00p.m until 5:00p.m on Monday, February 6,2017 Services are under the direction of Sims Mortuary. Sign guestbook online at simsmortuary.com...
Monday, January 09, 2017He is now a spokesperson for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. In addition to Kevin, Peter McArdle is also survived by his other children Dawn Schreppel, Debbie Blanding, Tamatha McArdle and Nanci McArdle as well as four grandchildren.
Monday, December 19, 2016City, New York. Joseph would soon join the military and serve one tour of duty for his country in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.On Sunday, March 25, 1951, Joseph met the love of his life, Ida Lelia Blanding. They were married on Tuesday, July 10, 1951, and to this union were born four sons; Richard Anthony, Cornel, Emmanuel Timothy and Michael Gavon.Joseph and Ida were blessed to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary this year. To God Be the Glory!Joseph served the city of New York first as a head chef at Long Island Naval Hospital but always in tune with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Joseph was blessed to be employed by New York City Transit Authority where he served as a bus operator for 20 years, retiring in 1982.A man with a heart for the Lord, Joseph was a very active and faithful member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. This journey of faith began in New York City at the Corona Seventh-Day Adventist Church where he served as head usher, head deacon and ordained elder.This journey would conclude in Sumter at Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church where Joseph served as first elder, Sabbath school teacher and choir member until the need to truly honor his vow of love to his beloved wife became his number one priority.Joseph lived, loved and served by the golden rule, "Do unto others as you would have done unto you."Joseph was preceded in death by his parents; his siblings, Samuel, Juhe, Frank, Annie and Percy; and his grandson and name sake, Joseph Gavon Taylor.Joseph is survived by his loving and devoted wife; his four sons, Richard Anthony of Lincoln, Nebraska, Cornel of Cary, North Carolina, Emmanuel Timothy of the home and Michael Gavon of Tampa, Florida; two siblings, Irene Taylor Roberts of Huntsville, Alabama, and Robert Taylor of Long Island, New York; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.We have this hope that burns within our hearts; hope in the coming of the Lord. We have this faith that Christ alone imparts; faith in the promise of his word. While our hearts are heavy, the Taylor family will stand on the promise that this is just a transition of life and if we continue to live and serve our Lord faithfully every day, we will see Joseph...
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Monday, March 27, 2017Southeastern Minnesota Reading Council, Phi Delta Kappa Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter CS of the PEO Sisterhood, the D.A.R., Sequoia Club, and the Ruskin Study Club. She attended the Blandin Community Leadership Program, as well. It must be mentioned that Donna was an avid bridge player.For these and other professional and community contributions, Donna was the recipient of many awards, including: Winona Teacher of the Year, inclusion in Who’s Who Among American Teachers, the Thomas Stark Award from the United Way, the Celebrate Literacy Award from the International Reading Association, the Athena Award for women in leadership from the Winona Chamber of Commerce, the Ben and Adith Miller Tribute from Winona Health, Rotary International Distinguished Club President (awarded in Barcelona, Spain), a Certificate of Appreciation from the city of Winona for increasing literacy among community youth, and a certificate from the Minnesota Senate for promoting literacy. Her name was also included in Who’s Who of American Women, the international Who’s Who of Professional Business Women, and Outstanding Young Women of America.Beyond her professional and civic contributions, Donna will be remembered as an energetic, witty, loving and giving friend to many people locally and around the world. She never stopped learning through her many activities, friendships, and her extensive travel to Europe, India, Australia and all over the world and United States. Donna’s willingness to host myriad public and private events, her generosity of spirit as well as treasure, love of educating children (even teaching them to swim), her ready laugh, her appreciation of beauty and humanity will all be missed by a community that has benefited from her full and benevolent life. As Donna’s mother would say, we will miss Donna’s “personality plus!”Donna’s survivors include her cousins, Steve Duffy and Lynn Enlow; special friend, Brian Williamson of Australia; and many, many other friends. Get tips on free stuff and fun ideas delivered weekly to your inbox .whatcounts-form-container.well { padding-bottom: 5px; } .whatcounts-form-container .left-col, .whatcounts-form-container .right-col{ float: left; width: 100%; max-width: 345px; } .whatcounts-form-container .left-col{ margin-right: 20px; } .whatcounts-form-container .whatcounts-min .left-col{ max-width: none; margin: 0; } .whatcounts-form-container .disclaimer { font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom:10px; clear:both; } .whatcounts-form-container .input-group-addon.wc-addon-captcha{ padding: 4px 10px; border-left: 0; } Funeral services for Donna Jeanne Helble will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, with visitation starting at 9:30 a.m. at her church, Wesley United Methodist, in Winona, Minn. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, March 17, at Fawcett Junker Funeral Home.A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 20, with visitation one hour prior at the United Methodist Church, 222 12th St., De Witt, Iowa, 52742, 562-659-5624.Interment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery, De Witt, Iowa.Memorials may be directed...
From an Obit Writer, the Last Word on 'The Last Word' - New York Times
Monday, March 13, 2017Harriet Lauler, she reaches out to all of the contacts, visits many of them in person, including Harriet’s ex-husband, and fails to elicit a single compliment, blandishment or fond remembrance about a woman who was a prominent citizen for decades in her Southern California town.More noteworthy, she fails to extract a single distinctive fact about Harriet’s past. Those only begin to emerge after Anne and Harriet start to buddy up during a series of highly unlikely adventures. Anyway, it finally occurs to Anne to actually look Harriet up in the files of her own newspaper. It turns out Harriet had a life! What do you know!As a one-time obituary writer for The Times, I was miffed by all this, and especially by Harriet’s suggestion that obituarists aren’t “real” writers. So I leap here to the defense of my noble former colleagues at this paper and others. People who see this movie unawares should be told that it’s fake news, and that it’s the obits themselves that are real news. The kind of article that Anne started writing and that Harriet was trying to orchestrate is more suited to the tiny-type paid death notices placed in newspapers or on Legacy.com by bereft families who wish to announce publicly their bereftness.Though obit writers at The Times and elsewhere do talk to relatives and friends of their subjects, they don’t spend too much energy on it precisely because most of what people say about their loved ones in such a circumstance tends to be fulsome praise or scented memories — exactly the kind of generic sentimentality that you don’t want to put in a news obituary, yet exactly what Anne was trying to get her interviewees to utter.What the real writer is interested in from these people is factual information — the specifics of the subject’s education, for example, or where she was born and grew up — so that some connection might be made between the person’s background and the reason the obituary is being written in the first place. Which is why most of the time you do your research before, not after you call the friends and family. The last thing you want is for them to think you don’t know anything about the person you’re asking about.Anecdotes are helpful, too, because they reveal character and are fun for the reader to read. Remember the reader? Anne never does. When she finally has anecdotes to write about, that’s when she decides not to write the obit at all. And by the way, when you’re writing an actual advance obituary, you tend not to approach friends and family at all, lest you freak them out.There are exceptions, of course, and from time to time some people even agree to be interviewed for their own obituaries, but in “The Last Word” it is striking that no one seems perturbed or even surprised that a reporter is nosing around for an obituary of an acquaintance still very much alive.Ms. MacLaine, I speak directly to you now. You have had a remarkable life; the movies I watched whil...
Monday, March 06, 2017Saturday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith's Mount Pleasant Chapel.SIMON-SIMMONS, Virgie, 74, of Charleston died Friday. Arrangements by Murray's Mortuary of North Charleston.Berkeley CountyBLAND, David B., 61, of Pineville, an employee of Charleston Air Force Base, pastor with Atonement Reformed Episcopal Church and husband of Alice M. Bland, died Saturday. Arrangements by Gethers Funeral Home of Moncks Corner.CART, Robert Eugene, 64, of Moncks Corner, a retired Navy petty officer first class, retired master deputy with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and husband of Pam Prow Cart, died Saturday. Arrangements by Dial-Murray Funeral Home.LEATHERWOOD, Bryon B., 22, of Hanahan died Saturday. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.WASHINGTON, Ora Lee Paull, 80, of St. Stephen, widow of Ernest Washington, died Saturday. Arrangements by Henryhand's St. Stephen Chapel.ElsewhereSMITH, Sharon McCrea, 59, of Atlanta, formerly of Kingstree, S.C., an employee of Delta Airlines and widow of Reuben Smith, died Friday. Arrangements by Henryhand's Kingstree Chapel.WHITE, Eartha Lee, 92, of Holly Hill died Saturday. Arrangements by Eutawville Community Funeral Home.WHITE, Henderson, 90, of Lithonia, Ga., a retired pastor and widower of Rhemell Dunmore White, died Saturday. Arrangements by Henryhand's Andrews, S.C. Chapel.
Monday, March 06, 2017Sunday February 12, 2017 from the Bradley's Funeral Home in Marion with Pastor Justin Keene and Pastor William Wagner officiating. Interment will follow in the Robinette Cemetery in Bland, Va., with full Military Honors being rendered. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Francis Marion VFW Post 4667, P.O.Box 467 Marion, VA, 24354. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. Bradley's Funeral Home of Marion is serving the Call Family...
Monday, February 06, 2017Beverly Wilson of Stone Mountain, GA, Marcus Ratliff of Stone Mountain, GA and James Ratliff of El Dorado, AR; sisters, Maggie Bland of Seattle, WA, Bee James of El Dorado, AR and Sammie Harrison of El Dorado, AR; and a brother, Charles James of Seattle, WA. She also leaves a other children; a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.A service of celebration will be held at 11:00 a.m. On Tuesday, February 7,2017 at MorningStar Baptist Church#2 with Rev. Felton Burgie, officiating. Interment will be in Lott Burgie Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00p.m until 5:00p.m on Monday, February 6,2017 Services are under the direction of Sims Mortuary. Sign guestbook online at simsmortuary.com...
Monday, January 09, 2017He is now a spokesperson for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. In addition to Kevin, Peter McArdle is also survived by his other children Dawn Schreppel, Debbie Blanding, Tamatha McArdle and Nanci McArdle as well as four grandchildren.
Monday, December 19, 2016City, New York. Joseph would soon join the military and serve one tour of duty for his country in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.On Sunday, March 25, 1951, Joseph met the love of his life, Ida Lelia Blanding. They were married on Tuesday, July 10, 1951, and to this union were born four sons; Richard Anthony, Cornel, Emmanuel Timothy and Michael Gavon.Joseph and Ida were blessed to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary this year. To God Be the Glory!Joseph served the city of New York first as a head chef at Long Island Naval Hospital but always in tune with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Joseph was blessed to be employed by New York City Transit Authority where he served as a bus operator for 20 years, retiring in 1982.A man with a heart for the Lord, Joseph was a very active and faithful member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. This journey of faith began in New York City at the Corona Seventh-Day Adventist Church where he served as head usher, head deacon and ordained elder.This journey would conclude in Sumter at Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church where Joseph served as first elder, Sabbath school teacher and choir member until the need to truly honor his vow of love to his beloved wife became his number one priority.Joseph lived, loved and served by the golden rule, "Do unto others as you would have done unto you."Joseph was preceded in death by his parents; his siblings, Samuel, Juhe, Frank, Annie and Percy; and his grandson and name sake, Joseph Gavon Taylor.Joseph is survived by his loving and devoted wife; his four sons, Richard Anthony of Lincoln, Nebraska, Cornel of Cary, North Carolina, Emmanuel Timothy of the home and Michael Gavon of Tampa, Florida; two siblings, Irene Taylor Roberts of Huntsville, Alabama, and Robert Taylor of Long Island, New York; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.We have this hope that burns within our hearts; hope in the coming of the Lord. We have this faith that Christ alone imparts; faith in the promise of his word. While our hearts are heavy, the Taylor family will stand on the promise that this is just a transition of life and if we continue to live and serve our Lord faithfully every day, we will see Joseph...
