Nantucket Grand (2016)
Nantucket Grand
“A rough head count by The Inquirer and Mirror estimated that more than three thousand people came to pay their respects that morning. Only a fraction of them actually made it into the church. The line, which started at dawn, stretched down Orange Street, across Main Street and along Center Street all the way to the Jared Coffin House.
Chosen mourners, including Jane, who sat up front with the other friends and the family, stood at the lectern to eulogize and reminisce. I couldn’t help think...ing that every one of those three thousand people standing outside must have a few stories of their own—thousands of amusing and heartfelt anecdotes jostling each other in the misting summer rain.
How many people would attend the average person’s funeral? Wife and kids, close friends, coworkers, cousins from out-of-state, a stray niece or nephew—enough people to fill a living room.
Andy Thayer’s mourners filled a town.
Many people spoke during the service, talking about bringing his killer to justice, describing Andy’s charitable works (he donated a hundred Vermont farm-raised turkeys to the food pantry every Thanksgiving and routinely gave hundred-dollar tips “to turn the day around”MoreLess
Chosen mourners, including Jane, who sat up front with the other friends and the family, stood at the lectern to eulogize and reminisce. I couldn’t help think...ing that every one of those three thousand people standing outside must have a few stories of their own—thousands of amusing and heartfelt anecdotes jostling each other in the misting summer rain.
How many people would attend the average person’s funeral? Wife and kids, close friends, coworkers, cousins from out-of-state, a stray niece or nephew—enough people to fill a living room.
Andy Thayer’s mourners filled a town.
Many people spoke during the service, talking about bringing his killer to justice, describing Andy’s charitable works (he donated a hundred Vermont farm-raised turkeys to the food pantry every Thanksgiving and routinely gave hundred-dollar tips “to turn the day around”MoreLess
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