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Article: Boomers refuse to be buried like everyone else: Conventional funerals give way to creative reinterpretations of the final resting place.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2007
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Byline: Linell Smith
Jun. 10--Dave and Melissa O'Ferrall savored their trips to Ocean City, often walking the boardwalk all the way south to the inlet. From there, they could see Assateague Island and admire the fishing and pleasure boats.
Now that view comes with a 21st century twist: Three miles off the coast, 100 feet below the waves, is a "living" memorial to Melissa, who died three years ago. A concrete ball containing her ashes has become part of an artificial reef designed to nurture fish and other marine life.
Before her death (because of treatment complications of a rare form of arthritis), the 33-year-old Baltimorean became captivated ...