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Show if rite Your Own Obituary f Members of a senior journa-l journa-l j class at Becker Junior Col-( Col-( in Worcester, Mass., were .. sd recently to write their obituaries as an exercise in a! rewriting. THE "Becker Journal" reported report-ed some of the results: Barbara G. Hastings chose to die at the age of 102 after working work-ing 82 years for the "Springfield "Spring-field Republican." BEVERLY E. Hricko's obit killed herself off right away, at 19, by food poisoning contracted at dinner in a dormitory. Her funeral notice urged that flowers flow-ers be omitted and that, instead, contributions be sent to the kitchen service. Bruce H. Alexander provided a headline for his obituary: "Bruce Alexander, BJC Senior, Dies As He Lived Violently." The violence, it seems, was an auto accident. At the age of 19, he managed to leave a wife and one son one Alexander Hamilton Ham-ilton Alexander. |
