Wilma's Funeral

It was a tough day on Wednesday.  We traveled to Cohuna to attend the funeral of Claire's cousin Wilma.  She had had an aggressive cancer and we had visited her a number of times when she was in Melbourne having chemotherapy.  Claire had been bridesmaid at her wedding to John.
Cohuna turned on good weather for us as we arrived early to look around the old stamping ground.

The town looks much the same but there has been work done on the surrounds to make it an attractive little town.

The funeral was conducted at the graveside.  I had not attended this type of funeral in the past but I was impressed by the form and the dignity of the event.  Wilma was a personable outgoing character who was popular in the area so there was the overwhelming belief that she was taken well before her time. This made the funeral even more difficult.  There would have been at least 300 people in attendance.