{"id":868,"date":"2010-07-02T09:34:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T09:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/behind-the-obituary-a-face-and-a-life.html"},"modified":"2010-07-02T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T09:34:26","slug":"behind-the-obituary-a-face-and-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/behind-the-obituary-a-face-and-a-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Behind the obituary, a face and a life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Richard Kent, a Detroit lawyer, is mourning the death of his mother. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigansilverback.com\/2010\/07\/arc-of-life-martha-ann-kent-nee-remski.html\">In an entry on his blog, <\/a>he writes, of her obituary:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"marthakent.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/199\/import\/marthakent.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is short. Simple. And will take up less than 3 column inches in the newspaper.<br \/>\nBut it means the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And then, on that blog, he traces in photographs the arc of his mom&#8217;s life. What a beautiful and moving tribute to Martha Ann Kent. That photo essay is really worth your time. May God welcome her into paradise, and comfort those who mourn her passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Richard Kent, a Detroit lawyer, is mourning the death of his mother. In an entry on his blog, he writes, of her obituary: It is short. Simple. And will take up less than 3 column inches in the newspaper. But it means the world. 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