Woonona killing: victim farewelled

A WOONONA mother whose body was found stuffed in a wheelie bin inside her home last week was farewelled at a funeral service in Unanderra yesterday.

Letters

Multicultural ambition comes up against reality

A hollow feeling after losses

Football communities grieve at three funerals in three states. FEBRUARY IN this country is the equivalent of springtime for the Australian Rules and rugby codes just as ��� and Jill Lindsay

ODD SPOT

A Swedish family has asked for damages after a pastor performed a funeral service apparently "drunk". He also raised eyebrows when he kissed the hand of the deceased's daughter and gave an exaggerated hug to the 20-year-old granddaughter.

A surgeon of remarkable skill, courage and charisma

THIS was a very public dying. Chris O'Brien had accepted its near inevitability some time ago, although he clung to hope, and he didn't mind who knew.

'I am not frightened of dying.' Battling until his last breath

THIS was a very public dying. Chris O'Brien had accepted its near inevitability some time ago, although he clung to hope, and he didn't mind who knew.

Commandos Help To Lay 'kind, Gentle' Soldier To Rest

A SIMPLE wooden coffin was lowered into a simple grave. There was no pretension at the funeral of Private Greg Sher. But the thousands of mourners who gathered at Chevra Kadisha Cemetery in the south-east of Melbourne indicated the special significance of this burial.

A Shining Light Gone Too Soon

GREG McCann paid loving tribute to his wife Kerryn at her funeral service yesterday, recounting the final minutes of her life

Homage To Victims Of Drowning

THE funeral of a man and his two children who drowned off Tathra Wharf will be held tomorrow.

Service In Hard Times And War

Only 17, he wanted to help his country, writes Tyron Butson. OBITUARY STANLEY GRAY BORN: July 4, 1924 DIED: October 7, 2008 FUNERAL: The Chapel, Wallsend, on October 13 STANLEY Gray, a man who lied about his age to enlist in the army to give some of his best years for his country, has died.

Emotional Service For One Of Life's Diamonds Remembered With Love

BRENDAN "Woody" Allwood, a young Maitland man who was electrocuted while rescuing his boss from a workplace accident last week, was farewelled by 1500 people at a funeral on the city's rugby ground yesterday.

Hundreds Pay Their Respects To A Legal Legend

SOME of the many hundreds who attended Stephen Drazetic's funeral service had pressing matters of state or survival, but nothing could keep them from St Brendan's Church in Flemington yesterday afternoon.

Guided Through Grief

Customised coffins and flying butterflies can add a special touch, writes Yvette Nielsen.

Death Is No Reason Not To Dress Up

You've chosen the location, the music and the readings; it should be time to settle in and enjoy your funeral. Not any more: these days you have to choose whether you want your favourite footy team's colours emblazoned on your casket too.

Fond Farewell For Home-front Hero

A MAN described as "a hero to Newcastle" was farewelled at a funeral service in Whitebridge yesterday.

Forever Remembered As An Earthquake Hero

A FUNERAL service will be held today for Newcastle earthquake hero Norm Duffy, who has died, aged 80.

Gifted Gp Leaves Big Gap

This gentle, down-to-earth man was distressed about leaving Morpeth without a doctor, writes Jane Parsons. OBITUARY DAVID ROBERTS-THOMSON Born: August 13, 1938 Died: January 30, 2008 Funeral: St Peter's Anglican Church, East Maitland, on February 7.

May You Invest In Peace

Prearranging your own funeral is a smart move, reports Bina Brown.

Farewell In All Its Finery

More people are shunning the brown-box coffin, and choosing to go out in personal style.

Bye, Dad, You Were The Best And Fairest

Father Peter Hosking addressed these words yesterday to the children of Brendan Keilar as they sat metres from his coffin, four days after he was shot dead in a Melbourne street while trying to rescue a woman struggling with the alleged gunman.