08-08-2018 23:06 via ottawacitizen.com

Lloyd Maxwell died alone but not unnoticed

Lloyd Maxwell’s noon-hour funeral service on Wednesday at Beechwood Cemetery took less than seven minutes, his flag-draped coffin lowered into the ground shortly after Father Jeffrey King sprinkled holy water and poured sand on the casket in the shape of a cross.
“May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace,” King said. “Amen.”
In the distance, under steel-grey skies, a bugle played The Last Post. It would be nice
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