Another Article

http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=32614&sc=93
Taylor gathered ‘friends, memories’ 
Halifax woman was fount of knowledge at Sam’s music store

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My Cousin Remembers

Posted on Facebook:
Sunday May 13th was the worst day of my life. I was in a car accident with my aunt and cousin. My aunt didn’t make it, and my cousin and I were rushed off to hospital with various injuries.
Ive read some news reports of the accident, which helped to fill in a [...]

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More Photos

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21180&l=7e68a&id=610445178

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Big Pictures

Enjoy the following big pictures of Susan Jane
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2237/200703300101tr9.jpg
and
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2032/momcatob6.jpg

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Bulletin & Sermon

I’d rather not make a bulletin for– and preach at– my Mother’s funeral: but what’re you gonna do?
Everything felt like it was in slow-motion.
The gospel-choir was amazing: full volume, filling the room. The Spirit was there, giving comfort and grace. Fr. Thorne was wonderful.
Thanks be to God.
The Bulletin
MS-Word — bulletin2.doc
http://www.mediafire.com/?eu2t99gmd33
Adobe Acrobat — bulletin2.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/?4nd4txnzcg5

The Sermon [...]

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The Obit

The second-hardest thing I’ve ever had to write (along with help from brother Ian and my father). It’s surprising how much detail & dates are a bit fuzzy without the person who knows them all first-hand to remind you.
Free advice #1: Get your will done and/ or updated. Do up your own basic obituary (or [...]

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Curiouser….

For what it is worth, an e-mail we received after the car accident which killed my mother:
To the Family and friends of Susan-Jane Taylor: The loss of a loved one is always heartbreaking and difficult to understand, and I send my sympathy.
It might comfort you to know that someone saw angels near the scene, [...]

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Coming soon

The obituary, the service bulletin, the homily from the funeral, pictures, and much, much more!

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Reportaging

Mum was busy and well-known in Nova Scotian arts, music, & theatre circles. The local Halifax newspaper carried the following articles regarding her death and life
This is journalism as it is supposed to be: no sensationalism, bad taste, or misinformation.
* Crash Story One: newspaper – the text & screenshot
* Crash Story Two: newspaper [...]

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Greetings

This is a site for the thankkful remembrance of my Mother, Susan-Jane Thelma [Kierstead] Taylor, who died on her birthday, Mother’s Day 2007, as a result of a car accident.
The site will be updated with articles, pictures, and other items of interest over the next few weeks.
Thanks for taking part in this remembrance of a [...]

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