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Funeral Music

Digger (RE: Thumbing his way through Coeur d'Alene history): One of my favorite ways to pass the time when we're slow at work is to look through the old funeral records (we have them going back to 1895) and see how things have changed over the years. Patterns can be found in the timing of funerals, merchandise and even song selections based on the era and arranging director.

DFO: I already have 2 songs that I would like played at my funeral: "Be Thou My Vision" and the modern version of "Amazing Grace." And I've kidded my daughter that I want "Pachebel's Canon" as a 3rd because she refused to have it played when I walked her down the aisle 2 years ago. That'd be a way to be ushered out. How about you?

Question: Which songs would you like played at your funeral?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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