I know I have been out of touch lately and I apologize. Life just got away from me!
Today I attend the funeral for my Uncle Skip. He is my dad's brother and was 76. He was always the life of the party and actually died on the 4th of July of a heart attack at the 75th Birthday party for his wife, my Aunt Natalie. This was a surprise to us all and he will be greatly missed.
At a funeral it is always nice to have some humor. It is even better when it comes from the 79 year old Priest, Wally's, homely. He made jokes and told stories. He then started telling us about his life. He was talking about watching a fellow priest die while he was anointing him and how he just continued with the service because he thought the man could hear him in the afterlife. He then proceeded to tell us how his aunt died while he was having a conversation with her and how she just looked like she was sleeping. There were several other stories just like this. My brother and I, along with the other guests, were trying not to laugh too loud because we were all wondering why he was telling all of us these stories at a funeral. It did not seem appropriate which made it funny.
After the funeral we went to a luncheon for my Uncle. Somehow we got stuck at the table with Wally but he did not disappoint. His first joke was how he was 79 and still single. This was funny until my mother says "oh, that is too bad, we will have to fix you up" and she was not joking! Then came my brother talking to the priest and he says the word "hell" in his conversation, very funny and so Jon! Then Wally said how priest's either retire from old age (have to retire at 75) or because of death by fire from the candles at the services. He then proceeded to tell us how the oldest priest at his church died when his robe caught on fire during a service and he burned to death!! I was astonished and he followed that story with how the youngest priest in his church died when he visited a friend's cabin and it caught on fire, "but don't worry, they think he asphyxiated before he burned to death"!!!!!
So needless to say the funeral was not all serious which is just want Uncle Skip would have wanted. In the word's of my Irish relative's, Uncle Skip, God Bless'em.
Have you had any funny experiences at a funeral or other serious event??
