I’d go if I were closer! This is real community!!
www.nytimes.com/…
When his wife was killed in the El Paso shooting this month, Antonio Basco lost not only his partner of 22 years, but also his only relative.
With no other family, Mr. Basco asked a funeral home to invite the public to the visitation and prayer service on Friday for his wife, Margie Reckard. El Pasoans sent a clear response: We’ll be there.
One day after Perches Funeral Homes wrote on Facebook that Mr. Basco “welcomes anyone to attend,” the funeral home said on Wednesday that it was moving the service to a larger venue. More than 50 strangers have ordered flower arrangements, tributes have poured in online and people have made plans to travel from California, Wisconsin and New York to attend, according to the funeral home.
...Expecting that 1,000 people may come to the service, the funeral home moved the ceremony from its scheduled location in a strip mall in northeast El Paso, which could hold about 200 people, to the larger La Paz Faith Memorial and Spiritual Center, a nondenominational church closer to downtown. The mayor and other politicians are scheduled to attend and address mourners.
worth reading the whole thing!