Star Tribune
Minneapolis MN
April 20, 2012
For a year after her husband’s sudden death, Jackie Wallin had no idea what to do with the ashes from his cremation. After painstaking and painful consideration, she landed on his beloved Lyndale Park Rose Garden as the first “scattering spot.” Anticipating a serene tribute, she and a close friend toted some remains to the Lake Harriet haven.
“We got there, and they were doing Shakespeare in the Park,” Wallin, of St. Louis Park, said with a half sigh, half chuckle. “I had thought I’d have this private moment, and then all these people were there. But I said, ‘No, I’ve got to do this.’
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Thanks to the HVCC Mortuary Science Alumni & Student Assoc for alerting us to this article.
