Posts Tagged Weerts Funeral Home

  • Every Five Years Every Five Years

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home No one likes to think about what happens when we die; this I know all too well. While many talk about pre-planning – and even acknowledge its value and importance – comparatively few ever actually get it done. Even so, this stark and un...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER - Patriot Day PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Patriot Day

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Known now as Patriot Day, we take pause as we come to September 11, remembering with gratitude the patriots of our country whose lives were claimed during the 9/11 attacks. These senseless acts of terror and cowardice, now 11 years past, ha...

  • Present Circumstances Present Circumstances

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home “Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” .......Nido Quebin According to his website (www.nidoquebin.com), “Dr. Nido Qubein came to the United States as a teenager with ...

  • Weather...or Not? Weather…or Not?

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home The recent drought has certainly been fodder for many a conversation about the weather. Our early spring was truly magnificent and, as spring goes, fairly long-lived this year. Then suddenly, the switch flipped to summer and it has been hot...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER - Threshing in August PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Threshing in August

    By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home Having grown up in a small rural community in Minnesota in the 40s, I recall August as the month for threshing the oats crop. Today, the combine has replaced the threshing machine with much more efficiency, and the hybrid production of seeds has resulted ...

  • Remembering Well Remembering Well

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home As a young teenager, I longed for the freedom to drive the car. Growing up in a small town, there wasn’t always a lot to do; by the time I turned 16 and had my driver’s license, I was certain that there was a whole new world to explore....

  • Peaks and Valleys Peaks and Valleys

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home British author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) once noted, “One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.” Not withstanding Chesterton’s prose, mountaintop views can be positively breathtaking; mountaintop ex...

  • We can learn a lot from a tree We can learn a lot from a tree

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Amid the monuments and the towering mature trees along a pleasant knoll at Oakdale Memorial Gardens, I had the privilege to share a few words with the family at a recent graveside service. The setting was beautiful. Nearby, an age-old...

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