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One of Keaton’s unusual creations is our obituaries, complete except for the final dates. Our obituaries are not found to be amusing to our children, their spouses, and our grandchildren. Keaton even wrote a new one before Carl and I made a trip to Israel and to Jordan two years ago. He was afraid that we might not live to return from the trip and he wanted our approval of this obituary. It was such a lovely obituary for the two of us together, that I almost, but not quite, was sorry he could not use it! In my opinion writing of future obituaries does not have to do with Keaton being obsessed with death now. When he was young, he was fascinated over the details of someone’s death. Today, his writing of obituaries is more about his need for information and details to be on paper and to be as accurate as possible. He even changed the minister listed in his draft of my obituary when our church received a new pastor last year. He told me what he had done only after the fact. His neighbor, Evelyn, is also the proud owner of her obituary authored by Keaton. She has said that she plans to keep it, because Keaton included all her families’ names, even her parents and her five siblings. She is an octogenarian, and feels that it is not likely that her sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren will remember all these people in the future. We employed a voice instructor who lives nearby to give Keaton training in speaking in more normal voice tones. This is helpful whether he is talking one to one, or speaking to a group at the Community College, The University, or a group of special education teachers. Keaton tends to use nasal tones

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