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Social Face of Death, 1996-1997

Interviewee
Cornwell, Brenda November 18, 1996 

Call Number
96-152

Physical Description

19 pages, 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 50 minutes; index

Interviewer
Granbois, Judith A.; Pimple, Kenneth D.

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Brenda Cornwell discusses the death of her father and the ways in which it effected the family. She also discusses the deaths of her grandparents and how her parents dealt with it. Cornwell discusses the deaths of friends and coworkers due to illness, how they prepared for it, and her feelings afterwards. She talks about how differently people prepare for their own deaths and how differently they grieve. She discusses preparing for her own death and the decisions she had to make such as a living will and funeral preparations.

  • Keywords
    • Subjects
    • family relations
    • funeral preparations
    • illness
    • living wills
    • parental death
    • religion