I just got word that my father has died.\u00a0 He was a wonderful man, and I’ll really miss him. I love you Dad!<\/p>\n
Ernest Begun (1915-2008)<\/p>\n
Update: <\/strong>Thanks so much to everyone who posted and emailed such kind comments on my father’s passing. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n Here’s the somewhat unorthodox eulogy I read at my father’s funeral:<\/p>\n My father, who was very into politics, always enjoyed my political limericks. I’d like to think he’d also enjoy this limerick about him:<\/p>\n My dad, known as Ernest Begun I just got word that my father has died.\u00a0 He was a wonderful man, and I’ll really miss him. I love you Dad! Ernest Begun (1915-2008) Update: Thanks so much to everyone who posted and emailed such kind comments on my father’s passing. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. Here’s the somewhat unorthodox eulogy I read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[424],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWill be missed by his wife and his son,
\nAnd his daughter, of course,
\nCause our dad was the source
\nOf much joy and support and, yes, fun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"