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Jono’s Marinade

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I like to stay connected to people from my home town through the local newspaper and social media. I had to giggle the other day after seeing a Facebook post about a guy I went to high-school with. Jono was a couple of years older than I, but we were in band together and he lived just down the street from me. He was always a lively and fun loving person in high school. I was sad to learn he had died, but had left a lasting memorial to himself with a very interesting headstone on his grave.

I gather Jono was very proud of that recipe. Jono was from a pretty devout Roman Catholic family and is buried in the Catholic cemetery in Luverne. I can’t imagine what the local priest thinks about that headstone. I have yet to try the marinade, but the ingredients look good. Most of my favorite recipes would be too long to carve into a headstone. Maybe I could have the titles of my favorite books of all time carved there instead. That would mean, though, that I would have to do some funeral planning, something I have yet to do.

What would you want people to remember most about you? Have you done any funeral preplanning? What is your favorite kind of whiskey?

20 thoughts on “Jono’s Marinade”

  1. My funeral planning is all done. There will be none. I have requested, via last will and testament, that my ashes be scattered in the Mississippi River headwaters at Itasca Park. I’m pretty sure folks will remember my sense of humor.
    I’m not a fan of whiskey but Southern Comfort is okay on occasion.

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  3. I have whiskey perhaps once a year. Not often enough to have a preference.

    As to final arrangements I say, “Surprise me.”

    But don’t summarize me with a recipe, please.

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  4. I want people to say I made them laugh, or maybe that they learned some song from me.

    I don’t have anything written down, but I should. If there was a recipe, it would have to be the Savory Egg Bake, with my embellishments, which I make almost weekly.

    No whiskey here; we may have some brandy or cognac…

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  5. I don’t drink whiskey or bourbon very often. I have no idea which I’d prefer. I’m not even sure I would know the difference. I do like red wine though.

    I did my will about a year or so ago. I arranged for cremation and paid for it through the Neptune Society. I don’t want a funeral but if there’s money left over and friends and family would like a party on me, I hope they do it.

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  6. The only “funeral” I’ve been involved in planning was my dad’s farewell party. Lots of friends, lots of food and drink (that was my part), photo boards. No speeches, no church. We spread his ashes up on what was then our property outside of Barnes near Hayward.

    I don’t really care about what happens after I’m gone, cuz I’ll be… well… gone. YA doesn’t want to talk about it. I told her that means whatever she wants will be all on her when the time comes. She says that is fine. If I were still alive for any celebration, I would like it to be a party. Music from the LGMS and some 70s light rock thrown in. Lots of finger foods and pies. My crowd tends to wine instead of hard liquor.

    I don’t need a headstone and YA can scatter me wherever is meaningful to her….

    Although I do love Jono’s headstone….

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  7. Ours are planned. Memorial services to which very few will come. Our ashes on the prairie. Only two cousins, two friends, and one pastor give her any notice any more. Our church has a cavernous sanctuary and a small chapel. Even the chapel will seem empty for hers. Mine will be emptier. Maybe the church secretary will throw my ashes out of the church.
    Clyde

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  8. Rise and Shine, Baboons,

    I do not know what I want yet. After going through my mother’s demise and memorial service in June, all I know is that I don’t want that, especially the hymn “The Old Rugged Cross.” What images those words evoke. Shudder. I do want to be cremated. We just received Bootsy’s ashes in a small urn. They now reside in our pet cemetery at the back of our lot.

    I did love Steve’s Memorial Service which his daughter arranged. I thought that was about perfect. Jono has a great headstone! That is fun.

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    1. I liked Steve’s service as well. And I know that the online component was a little driven by Covid. OK a lot driven by Covid. But it does give a chance for people who are not close by to take part and I never really thought of that before.

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    2. That’s funny about “The Old Rugged Cross.”
      My mother passed last year and she had specific hymns she did not want!! The one you mentioned was one of her, “NOOO’S!”

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  9. Morning!
    We have cemetery plots, purchased by 25 years ago by Kelly’s uncle to be next to them. It’s debatable if we actually use them or not.
    I’ve got some music picked out. 🙂
    Beyond that, Kelly is pretty sure cremation. I haven’t decided. There’s composting… regular funerals; I just can’t see spending all that money to bury it in the ground!
    Put me in a fire work! Throw me to the wind! Something fun.

    I’ve tried a lot of whiskeys. The only thing really good we’ve found is Wild Turkey Honey Whiskey. Cold and on the rocks. Some days we just pull it out of the fridge and take a swig.

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  10. I used to sometimes make a bourbon old fashioned as a cocktail hour indulgence, though I haven’t done that for years. I remember I liked Four Roses bourbon, which came in a small attractive bottle, but I also bought Wild Turkey. I might still have some bourbon way at the back of the liquor cabinet.

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  11. “He did his best to achieve excellence in all parts of his life and to encourage excellence in others in all aspects of their lives. He never took a life, never raised a hand in anger at anyone, and did what he could to make his small part of the world a better place. He was grateful for everything he earned or achieved or was given, never took his good fortune or good luck in life for granted, and lived by the Golden Rule. He treated all people with respect and tried to be pleasant, smile, thank people for the smallest service. He never took himself or life too seriously, because in the end, the Earth will cease to exist and the sum total of humanity will be rendered meaningless.”

    (Hmm, I sure rambled a bit, didn’t I? 🙂 )

    We’ve done some funeral planning, Cremation, a will, health directives, etc. I’ll want my ashes scattered either on Sawbill Lake or Lake Superior. Like Clyde, I doubt there will be many folks at my memorial service (if my wife or executor (my brother) chooses to handle that. But I’ll want everyone to hear Eva sing “Over the Rainbow.” If there is a heaven or some sort of sensory afterlife, I want to go where Eva went. I think she’s over her own personal rainbow and I hope she is living in blissful musical peace.

    Not a whiskey fan, but if bourbon counts, then that. Used to have Manhattans a few times years ago, but never got into them.

    Chris in Nova Scotia

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