Mourners bid farewell on internet


	Mourners bid farewell on internet

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3-14-2007 8:40 PM

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<FONT size="2">In what is thought to be a UK first, the County Down firm says the move allows mourners from across the world to watch the funeral service of friends and loved ones.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6440091.stm"><P><FONT size="2">S Clarke and Son Funeral Directors said people now living in Africa, New Zealand, Spain, Australia and Canada had been able to see services taking place in Newtownards and Bangor.
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<FONT size="2">The idea was the brainchild of Jim Clarke, who runs the undertaker business with his father John - who has just completed a computer course aged 80.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6440091.stm"><P><FONT size="2">"Life moves fast - we're just trying to adapt to the changing needs of our world," said Jim.
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<FONT size="2">"There are families living abroad who can't afford to fly to funerals, or people who are too sick to go, or busy people who can't get the time off work. 
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<FONT size="2">"Our internet option means they get to become part of a grieving process they might have missed out on."</FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7F08C6F1-7C6D-4436-94E0-AEB4EE3D1E00/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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