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Exceptherwillwasveryspecificaboutherfinalwishes.Notraditionalservice,noburialinthefamilyplot.Instead,shewantedtobecrematedandhaveherashesscatteredinasacredNativeAmericanceremonysomewhereintheSierraNevadaMountains.Granwasprettyannoyedbythat,byAuntGloingeneral,whoGransaidwasalwaystryingtocallattentiontohowdifferentshewas,evenaftershewasdead.Granendedupboycottingtheashscattering,andifshewasn’tgoing,therewasnoreasonfortherestofusto.
PeterHellman,mytrombonistfriendfromconservatorycamp,hediedtwoyearsago,butIdidn’tfindoutuntilIreturnedtocampandhewasn’tthere.Fewofushadknownthathe’dhadlymphoma.Thatwasthefunnythingaboutconservatorycamp;yougotsoclosewiththepeopleoverthesummer,butitwassomeunwrittenrulethatyoudidn’tkeepintouchduringtherestoftheyear.Weweresummerfriends.Anyhow,wehadamemorialconcertatcampinPeter’shonor,butitwasn’treallyafuneral.
KerryGiffordwasamusicianintown,oneofMomandDad’speople.UnlikeDadandHenry,whoastheygotolderandhadfamiliesbecamelessmusicperformersthanmusicconnoisseurs,Kerrystayedsingleandstayedfaithfultohisfirstlove:playingmusic.
