Here's the Obituary We Read this Morning

It's not often I read an obituary on the air, but I had to read this one.  I've seen sad ones in the past, but, in a sense, this is the most tragic.

I've had several requests for copies of it, so here it is, from the Vallejo (CA) Times-Herald:

Dolores Aguilar
1929 - Aug. 7, 2008 Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. She will be met in the afterlife by her husband, Raymond, her son, Paul Jr., and daughter, Ruby. She is survived by her daughters Marietta, Mitzi, Stella, Beatrice, Virginia and Ramona, and son Billy; grandchildren, Donnelle, Joe, Mitzie, Maria, Mario, Marty, Tynette, Tania, Leta, Alexandria, Tommy, Billy, Mathew, Raymond, Kenny, Javier, Lisa, Ashlie and Michael; great-grandchildren, Brendan, Joseph, Karissa, Jacob, Delaney, Shawn, Cienna, Bailey, Christian, Andre Jr., Andrea, Keith, Saeed, Nujaymah, Salma, Merissa, Emily, Jayci, Isabella, Samantha and Emily. I apologize if I missed anyone. Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing. Her family will remember Dolores and amongst ourselves we will remember her in our own way, which were mostly sad and troubling times throughout the years. We may have some fond memories of her and perhaps we will think of those times too. But I truly believe at the end of the day ALL of us will really only miss what we never had, a good and kind mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. I hope she is finally at peace with herself. As for the rest of us left behind, I hope this is the beginning of a time of healing and learning to be a family again. There will be no service, no prayers and no closure for the family she spent a lifetime tearing apart. We cannot come together in the end to see to it that her grandchildren and great-grandchildren can say their goodbyes. So I say here for all of us, GOOD BYE, MOM.

Comments

[Kimberly]

I am praying for the family

[Shawna]

Wow! I hope the saying "The truth will set you free" will help this family forgive and move on.

[Kimi]

What an incredibly sad commentary on this woman's life.

[RevJeff]

Whoa... just ... whoa....

[Jenne]

That's really funny....and yet, so very sad. =(

[Lynda]

WOW! My prayer is that this wakes us up to what's REALLY important. Thanks for sharing it.

[Elmer Noodleman, PhD]

OK Brant . . . . . . what I want to know is how did you run across this obit. Have you gone to the lowest side of depression where all you do is spend your time reading obituaries in order to glean one out to use on the air?

I miss you guys.

JPS

[Brant]

I found a link to it on a news-aggregator site. I can't remember which one, since I check a bunch every day.

I've since been to the paper's website, and it's been taken down, apparently. But I copied and pasted it into my prep for the show that morning, so I still had it in a word doc.

[Frank]

How will I be remembered? How will you be remembered? Are we leaving a legacy that's worth living? These are a few questions I have after reading this post... Is it not enough that the very world around is crumbling or most we countinue to aid in the destruction. May we be remembered as an Army that stood up for truth, righteousness and freedom in Christ.

Be free!
Frank

[MarySmith]

I think this is hilarious. Out of all 7 of her surviving children, they gave THIS person the job to write her obituary???
thats sad, but man i can't say that with a straight face. its hilarious.