Patty Beecham Productions

Tag: funerals

  • A mourning of winter sun.

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    Patty Beecham

    It’s been two years today since I found him, lying with his face to the sun. He was still warm, probably from the streaming yellow winter sunshine filling his bedroom with a golden light. He wore grey trousers and a Singlet with an unbuttoned shirt over it. On his feet…

  • Meet Brisbane’s youngest Mortician

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    Patty Beecham

    There are some jobs that many of us just couldn’t do – being a mortician is probably one of them. But what make a young person want to work with bodies? Sarah used to work in cosmetics, but now she’s a mortician. This is an interview by Madonna King, on…

  • Funerals, a chance to confess and redeem?

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    Patty Beecham

    This is an extract from Father Bob’s wonderful website: There were even more at a funeral on the same day – about 400, in fact. A working class man, David, aged 40, had succumbed to life’s pressures. He had been in care for some childhood years, one of 10 siblings,…