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Not many lay people would have recognized the name, since relatively few ordinary citizens read the publications of the funeral industry--with their ads for Eterna-Cribs, Frigid Fluid body bags, Velvetone Arterial solution and Hydrol Tissue Builder--in which Loewen and its competitors had long been subjects of debate...
Whether it was the funeral of Beowulf or Ireland trees, Boylston Professor of Literature Seamus Heaney spoke gilded words in a poetry reading last night to raise money to support the Armenian Writers Union Publication Fund.
Heaney also addressed the audience with warmth and candor. After reading a poem about the funeral of Beowulf, Heaney said that he wrote about this Anglo-Saxon hero to win points for Irish poets.
A funeral mass was held Nov. 4 in Katonah, N.Y. Hammond was buried in Bedford Hills, N.Y.
BORN: Jan. 28, 1932, Chesterfield County EDUCATION: Georgetown U, B.A., 1952 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Kelley; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Navy, 1952-55 OCCUPATION: Funeral director POLITICAL CAREER: Richmond city council, 1968-77, vice mayor, 1968-70, mayor, 1970-77; U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17095, Richmond 23226...