David's Burial: Saturday Sep 12 at 8:00 a.m.

The burial will be Saturday, Sep 12, at 8:00 a.m. at Westview Cemetery in Lexington, rain or shine. It will be brief. All are welcome but please feel no obligation to come. We expect a small group. We’ll meet at the cemetery. . Bishop Bement will be in charge. The U.S. Army will send two or three people; they will fold a flag and play Taps. Jim will dedicate the grave. We won’t stay for the lowering of the coffin.

 To find the spot, go to the back gate on Westview Street (if it had an address, it would be about 30 Westview Street, Lexington). Go 150 feet straight in from this gate and you will see the gravesite on the right.

            The University of Massachusetts Medical School anatomical donation paperwork said David’s body could be returned 24 months after the donation. We were caught off-guard when on Monday, Aug 31, Jim got a call saying that the research on David’s body (a pulmonary study) was complete. After a few days of adjusting to this turn of events, and a visit with our funeral home, arrangements were made.

            Yesterday we visited the cemetery and decided which grave would be David’s. At the low point of David’s stay at Walter Reed, in May 2014, Jim purchased graves. We reserved the first grave for us; David will be next to ours.

From the cemetery we will go directly to the Belmont Chapel for the Mass General blood drive. It seems fitting to have the burial and blood drive on the same day.