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Show OHI Milton A. Rosen 10 June 1982 s3:47 MR: Well, I have to do something. I retired four years ago and I want to keep busy. Why shouldn't I do something? I volunteered at the University Hospital a couple of days a week. LK: But you were doing this before you retired, weren't you? MR: Yes, the cemetery work, yes. I don't know. I just became involved. I like the outdoors, fresh air. LK: Do you feel a sense of holiness about the task? MR: I feel the importance of it, but not holiness. I think of the ultimate end of people, and somebody has to take care of it, that's all. It's a trying time for people, and I feel I can talk to them and help them out, that's all. I don't feel any holiness about it at all, just a willingness to do something. MRS: He has a very nice way with people, so that if they have any peace or if they're pleased about what has happened, why, he makes them feel as well as they can possibly feel under the circumstances. LK: So what happens? Do people come to you after someone's died? MR: Well, yes. The first thing is inform the ~abbi, and we work closely with the mortuary. They usually call me before the doctor calls me that so-and-so has passed away and the family would like to talk to you. If they have a plot, no problem. If they haven't, then somebody has to meet with them and select a place, discuss the fundamentals of price, location, and pro-ceed from there, work with the mortuary, see that's all taken |
