What a Way to Go!

I don't normally make it a habit to read Obituaries. But this one jumped out at me: Jane Mulholland Finch,

born July 14, 1925 in Esmond, S.D. died Friday February 18. 2005 from complications after a Hang Gliding accident in the Swiss Alps.

Did you catch that? 79 year old Granny died from a Hang Gliding accident. How many grannies go like that? But the next sentence is what makes this priceless:

Jane and celebrity husband Howard Finch fell deeply in love and married in 1956. They traveled the world together conceiving 4 children in such exotic locales as a gondola and the SS France.

Ok, it starts out well. She falls in love with a celebrity and they get married. Did you get the "conceiving" part? They didn't have children in exotic locales. they made them........ Isn't that a little bit too much information?

After that intro, the rest of the obit was fairly pedestrian: African Safari, trekking the Himalayas, gourmet cook, reader, skier, 3 languages, blah, blah, blah....

I'm just thankful they put the cause of death in there, so many are omitted.

I just wish I knew who "celebrity" Howard Finch was. 15 minutes of Googling doesn't really show.

There is an online Guest Book, and from the comments there, she seemed to be as incredible as her obit suggests. One lady thanks her for teaching her Tae Kwan Do.... There is a nice picture of her water skiing.

All and all, it looks like Jane had a pretty exciting life. Rest in peace.