Posts Tagged Weerts Funeral Home
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Awkward Parenting Decisions
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home One of the awkward parenting decisions that Linda and I made when our kids were young was that of outlawing video games in our home. Make no mistake: this did not make us too popular at times. And, it’s quite possible that many reading t...
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The Ration Stamp – PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home SPRING! It’s the time of renewal and the rebirth of nature. A time for warm breezes, the smell of newly turned earth, rain and the first brave flowers peeking through to greet the sunshine and you. I recall the story my mother’s friend told of her e...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Some of you may recall an article I wrote five years ago about our daughter, Madelyn, and the real-life drama that unfolded in our family back in March of 1998. She had become very anemic and lethargic, very uncharacteristic for an otherwis...
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Identity Theft . . . and Obituaries??
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Remember the good old days when the local newspaper and television station reported the news? They still do, of course…but now there’s a new little thing we call the “World Wide Web” that has stumbled upon the scene, and it has begu...
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Remember Well
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home I think about all my grandparents more often than most, I imagine. And I’m grateful to them – and for them. It was late in February, 1988. We were in college. As mid-term exams were pressing on my schedule, I received a phone call fr...
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Have you made your resolutions for the New Year?
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Most people, it seems, resolve to do something new or different or better as the calendar flips over to January. And it’s a pretty well-established fact that most resolutions, for one reason or another, aren’t kept throughout the year. ...
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Love Lights a Candle
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Linda often has a fragrant candle burning in our home. Wispy spring and summery scents enjoyed for the past several months have been recently replaced by the warm and inviting scents of autumn. As the snow falls to stay, the aromas of everg...
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The Holiday Season! – PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home Most of us prefer to live in the present, enjoy each day. Me, too, usually. However, as the holidays approach, I allow myself the privilege of some reminiscing; bring up some pleasant childhood holidays past. Among my fondest is the memory of Christmas ...