And in that order?

Hazel was an avid Boston Red Sox fan and loved Frank Sinatra, Ronald Regan, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

A pocketful of Kisses ... just in case.

He never complained. If anything bothered him, he would just sing.

Not sure how "unexpected" it was but she leaves us food for thought

"Don't be sad, don't be blue, I may be better off than you."

Seems to sum her up quite nicely

"She cooked countless Sunday dinners, sewed clothes, gave haircuts in a special chair in the basement, held annual summer fish frys of Erwin's catch, and made homemade candy and "grits" at Christmas. She was a skilled quilter, seamstress, gardener, and cook who usually won at the Euchre table and had an unbeatable left hook at the bowling alley."

That sux.

Unable to grant his final request "to die like a Viking King," the family plans a simple private feast in the forest where his ashes will be scattered. In lieu of flowers Norm would want you to take someone special out to lunch.

"An Obit Writer’s Chance to Think Inside the Box"

Something different that I think you'll enjoy!

I'm with her on this.

It was all so wonderful, she said of her life, that she only wished there were more of it. And while open to the idea of Heaven, she said she was not much interested in the communion of saints – "unless they're all like us.'' Which is unlikely, since there was no one else like her.