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An Unimaginable Decision: A Funeral Director’s Reflections on the Sandy Hook School Shooting

Caleb Wilde
December 17, 2012
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Death in the News / Death of a Child / Funeral Directing

Today is the day that some of the obituaries for the victims of the Newtown Shooting will begin to be published. You can view some of those obits here. Grab a box of tissues before you read them. What isn’t seen in those obituaries is that in order for them to be published, the parents […]

After the Sandy Hook Shootings: What Happens Next?

Caleb Wilde
December 15, 2012
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Children and Grief / Death in the News / Death of a Child / Grief / Murder

On Friday, December 14th, Sandy Hook Elementary experienced a tragedy that is creating a new normal for the town of Newtown, Connecticut. The very same day as the school shootings I worked a viewing at a small Mennonite church in Gap, PA. As with most Mennonite churches, the pastor is bi-vocational. This specific pastor works […]