I tracked down the right funeral parlor address tonight for the elderly couple hovering in the minivan outside my parking spot. Mom thought she needed to move her car for the neighbors coming home, so we had run outside to accommodate them (and move the garbage car out of their way) only to find out they weren’t trying to park, they were trying to figure out why 15 Grove street was not a funeral home, it was my neighbor’s house.
I asked Mom where all the ‘homes’ were, none of the names sounded right. I asked how to spell the deceased’s name, ran inside and looked up his obituary on-line. I printed out directions and ran them outside, Mom was chatting with them still. They needed NORTH Attleboro, not Attleboro. Both towns have a Grove street. Both towns have a Washington street too.
They were laughing when they drove away, I hope it lightens their mourning.