Today Jonnie came to the church office. She wanted to talk about Chuck. We laughed and talked for an hour, remembering Chuck. Then she showed me Chuck’s letter. It was written by him to show how he wanted to be buried. He wanted to be creamated and put in the Central United Methodist Columbarium without any services or guests.
Just a pastor and Jonnie. She brought a microphone with which she sang songs for Chuck. We carefully put his ash in a niche with letters written by his children and Jonnie. She put in some pictures too. Then we closed the cover which has his name on. “Mine will be there later!” she smiled. Then she asked me to go to a cheese burger place to eat one for Churck.
“This is how you remember Chuck. Cheeseburger was his favorite food. So, you can go to a cheeseburger place and talk about Chuck. Send your picture to me!” Jonnie will remember Chuck with you. All over the country, people sent pictures of them eating cheeseburger!