Posts Tagged Weerts Funeral Home
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Flooding and heat waves and road construction, oh my! The summer of 2011 has indeed been memorable in many respects. If you ask most Midwesterners about the “dog days of summer,” most would probably say that this occurs in late July...
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A New Normal
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Most are probably familiar with the common saying that goes something like this: “The only two certain things in life are death and taxes.” Indeed, among both generations and centuries, it seems that we can scarcely do more about on...
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“Love is patient, love is kind”
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home These familiar words from I Corinthians often become the scriptural centerpiece of weddings. And while these words make a pleasing backdrop to the joyous ceremony of marriage, most married couples would agree that it’s far harder to live ...
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It’s Got Me Thinking…
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Well, it’s finally happened. Our baby girl has graduated from high school. And it’s got me thinking . . . It’s got me thinking about how tender and fragile life begins. Only 18 years ago we held Maddy in our arms as a teen...
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On Spreading Light
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton (1862-1937), That we would more often allow ourselves to be one or the other. Candle or mirror. Most often, it seems, neith...
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home So the saying goes. But April also marks another historical event which continues to play a major part in the sustainability and renewability of our national ecosystem. It’s called Arbor Day. As the West was being settled, a pioneer n...
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Spring Housecleaning
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Spring is in the air. And if you’re like me, you’re anxious to open the windows and air things out a little bit! We’re definitely overdue for some sunshine! As the weather improves, many of us will wash windows, straighten up the ...
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Finding Inspiration in Tragedy
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Eight years ago, on February 1, 2003, 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart in the skies over west Texas, killing all seven crew members on board. A stunned nation – yes, a stunned world ...
