Everyday, our eulogies are being
written. How do you want to be
remembered? As for me, I want to be remembered as one with a great sense of
appreciation. I would like to take this
opportunity to express appreciation to many who have enhanced my life, the
lives of my family, and my chosen profession.
I appreciate my parents, LeGrande
and Bette Seegmiller Spilsbury. I am
today in the funeral profession because of my parents. It took both my Mom and Dad to run the
funeral home. Yes, Mrs. Spilsbury was
very much involved in the business. In
1950, they purchased Pickett Mortuary
from the Pickett family. Their family
had served the residents of Washington and Kane counties for three generations,
the first being Horacio Pickett, then his sons, Ellis and Henry, and then
Henry’s sons, Elmer and Bob. Today, our
flagpole is dedicated “In Memory of Elmer Pickett.”
As for the Mrs. Spilsbury of today,
I want to express my love and appreciation to my wife, Vivian. She, like my mother in years past, plays a
major role in our family business. She
attends to the finances and helps orchestrate the production of every funeral.
I express appreciation to our fine
staff. The funeral directors, Tony
Whitney and Michael Jones, they are each talented, pay attention to every
detail, and are kind and compassionate caregivers. I express appreciation to the lifeline
of our whole operation, our officer manager,
Aimee Sawyer, and program specialist, Julie Brough who both go the “extra
mile,” organizing, creating, dotting the “i’s” and crossing the “t’s.”
Throughout Spilsbury Mortuary there
are those in the shadows who keep our beautiful mortuary the “Crown Jewel” of
funeral service. I express appreciation
for our gardeners, cleaning personnel, those who run death certificates and
transport, all working in harmony. I express appreciation to the Southern Utah
Burial Vault Co., owned and operated by
the Hafen boys and D. J. Gull. They
prepare the most beautiful grave sites and bring peace to that sacred place – the resting place of our loved
ones.
To all the cemetery sextons
throughout Southern Utah and surrounding
areas, I express appreciation. Rain or
snow, they always serve faithfully, many going way beyond the call of their
employ.
I express appreciation to those who
perform military honors. They are the
great and noble ones. We are blessed to
have the finest military honors in this wonderful United States of America
And, in conclusion, a special
appreciation to all clergy who everyday serve others. Oh, how thankful we all
are, especially in the final hour of life.
May their kindnesses be remembered and may they be blessed abundantly.
I
hope that I will be remembered as one who has appreciated all people and all
things along my path of life.
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