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''hymn'' ▫ᴱᴺ|encounter|ENC|20260813235823-03-•
Everything else was arranged by the Arlens, from the viewing hours to the components of the funeral ceremony. Frank and Victor, the second-youngest brother, spoke brief tributes. Jo’s dad offered a prayer for his daughter’s soul. And at the end, Pete Breedlove, the boy who cut our grass in the summer and raked our yard in the fall, brought everyone to tears by singing “Blessed Assurance,” which Frank said had been Jo’s favorite hymn as a girl. How Frank found Pete and persuaded him to sing at the funeral is something I never found out.
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''hymn'' ▫ᴱᴺ|encounter|enc|20260124010057-00-•
He wondered briefly what it would be like, working all your life for one zaibatsu. Company housing, company hymn, company funeral.
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