Gary Turner reports his father's death on New Year's Day, and writes a tearful obituary.  

I picture him right now sitting in a pub with his own father whose death he never quite got over, or out walking in the glens and around the lochs with our old family dogs as we loved to do when I was a kid. more... 

Halley Suitt:

Just heard our friend and fellow-blogger, Gary Turner, has lost his dad. So sorry. And this within a week of he and his wife having a new baby?! Just to remind us nothing in this world is fair or predictable or sensible.

[a klog apart's Obituaries a la Blog]

Rafe Colburn:

Joe Foss died today at age 87. I probably didn't agree with Foss on much of anything when it comes to politics, but I always admired the sort of life he lived. Foss was an ace pilot, governor of South Dakota, commissioner of the American Football League, and head of the NRA.

[a klog apart's Obituaries a la Blog]