Funerals have at their center our belief in the resurrection and our hope for the life to come. The source of comfort for Christians is not that God rewards good lives, but that God raises all of us to new life beyond death. As an Episcopal Church, our services follow the liturgy for The Burial of the Dead in The Book of Common Prayer and our readings, as in all services, are from the Bible.

From the Parish Register

Christine Parker Richards.  Funeral Service at St. Elizabeth’s.  May 21, 2008
Interment in Maryland.  May 23, 2008

Sermon at the Funeral for Christine Richards  by The Rev. Lu-Anne Conner

August 7, 2008  Sermon from the Funeral for Dorothy Clinch Scheffold, "The Steadfast Love of the Lord" by The Rev. Cn. John G. Hartnett

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The Memorial Garden

St. Elizabeth's has established The Memorial Garden, just north of the sanctuary outside of the Church, to provide a place on the Church grounds for the interment of the ashes of deceased parishioners or their close family members. Following the words from the Burial Office, "earth to earth, ashes to ashes," we place the ashes directly into the earth which has nurtured us all of our lives and from which all earthly life grows. The names of those interred are added to a plaque in the narthex. A contribution of $375 from the family or the estate of the deceased provides for continuing support of the Church.

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In Memoriam

Throughout the year the Prayers of the People provide an occasion for the naming of names of those whom we especially wish to remember before God.  That practice reminds us of our continuing relationship, through God, with all of those whose earthly life is ended.  The naming of names is also a way to re-member our congregation, to remind ourselves of all of our friends and family who have worshipped with us who worship with us still in the larger life with God.

The names of the departed were read on the occasion of All Saints' Day.

Those whose ashes are interred in
St. Elizabeth's Memorial Garden  

N.   Leonard Jarvis, Jane Hall Blanchard, Frederick A. Whitney, Grace A. Whitney, William F. Perkins, Margaret M. Hayes, William I. Wyrick, Bruce F. Banta, James A. Parr, J. Joseph Brown, William L. Hearne, Marie A. Fassnacht, Margaret B. Schink, Ralph E. Sanderson, Charles S. Aalto, Richard D. Aalto, M. Eileen Heathcock, Norman K. Sietsma, Thomas J. Leather, Sally J. Frailey, Charles R. Rocks, David C. Aird, Jessie M. McDermott, Jane C. Horton, Rosalind S. Horton, James C. Philbrick, Eliza Duncan Stow, Edgar Strong Stow, Lily Eileen Archer, Phoebe Wyrick, Frank John Yourga, Theodore F. Goecker, Jean Carlisle Yourga, Peter Gray Meek, Joseph I. O'Hara, Hazel M. Stanlick, Margaret Catherine Leather, Donald Alfred Windsor, Robert W. Bechtel, Edna A. Fassnacht, Eileen Vail, Charles Chriss, Rhea Kellogg Windsor, Neil Macdonald, Martha Leacock Smith Brady, Agnes I. Sanderson, Commodore John F. Gornell, Ruth Allan Seeds, Eileen Hickey Dowling, Shawn Dowling, David Benson Carlisle, Marian C. Macdonald, Guy A. Dunnington, Arnytta J. Brown, Harry P. Barrand, Jr., Louise W. Schmidt, Doris Irene Coviello, Jean Anna Pleus Nocka, Carlo Nocka, Howard Oliver Colgan, Jr., Mary Lorraine Brown, Henry David Hostetler, Mary M. Chriss, Robert Jefferson Cook. Cameron A. Baker, Evelyn C. Baker, Peggy Jarvis Trantum, John C. Barnett, Violet R. Savage, Lucile Rasin Meek, Camilla Elizabeth Poor Carlisle, Lucien Tucciarone, William Robert Lau, Janet Audrey Sietsma, Sally Crittenden Parr, Alfred J. Battaglia, Stella Hamburg, Beverly Williams Kaplan.  

Those others who have also been buried
from St. Elizabeth's in the last year

Walter Petrochko, Stephen Tomlinson Kelsey Jr., Constance Keys Keene, Mary Petrochko Rusinak.

Those members of our extended community
who have entered their larger life with God

Gaspar Bove, Ann Brancato, Dan Brancato, Patty Cantlay, Alexander Chisholm, Marshall W. Clapp Sr., Marilyn Clemons, Frank Creasy, Warren Ellis Day, Pauline Galletly, Sherman Humphrey, Joe Maletz, Garrison Miller, Leonard Neal, Pat Perrotta, Sheila Ann Reilly, Becky Saydah, Lila Schantz, Todd Sommerock, Leni Spelbrink, Stephen Swartwout, Tom Thamm, Lynn Unkefer, Gilbert Mastin Vansant, Charles Vislocky, Frank Watson, Jenny Watson, Marjorie Wysor.