Obituary - Ed Begley, Jr.

Noted actor and environmentalist Edward James “Ed” Begley, 63, died September 27 in his California home.  The “green-living” activist was crushed when a 10,000 gallon underground water tank he was having delivered slipped off the natural fiber rope that attached it to the solar-powered crane that was hoisting it into position. In accordance with his wishes, Mr. Begley’s body will be rendered out to make soap for use by his widow Rachelle Carson-Begley and their daughter Hayden, the rest of his soft tissue will be used for compost in the family’s organic vegetable garden, and his bones will be used to make tools and implements for use around the home.

---

More Obituaries

---

Obituary - Paula Taylor

---

Butler University astronomy professor Dr. Paula M. Taylor, 59, renowned for her research into the origins of the Universe, died August 20 in her office in the campus' Gallahue Hall. The cause of Dr. Taylor's death is not fully understood, but theories abound among her colleagues. University janitor Harold Perkins, 38, was the only other employee in the building at the time. "I don't know exactly what happened," reported Perkins. "All I know is there was this really big bang."

Obituary - Eustancia L. Marbrook

---

Eustancia L. Marbrook, 114, known affectionately in her family as “That Old Battleaxe,” died in her Fishers home on August 18 of natural causes. A family spokesperson reported that for years the family had been amazed that Mrs. Marbrook refused to “just die already” and through its grief the family was “relieved to finally have an end to our suffering.” The tearful spokesperson then quickly corrected “our” to “her.”