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Old 10-08-2012, 04:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ctipton View Post
I just learned of passage quilts. I saw my two step fathers (my mom took care of both her ex and current husbands who were dying) wheeled out of they're house in a body bag on a geurney. I know how much easier it would of been for last memories if they had left under a quilt. So I'm explaining passage quilts to my relief society President so maybe we can present quilts to mortuary's to be used just to cover and be washed and used again. Thanks for listening
This is what I understood passage quilts to be, not given to the family. To be reused, put over the body when removing from a home or nursing home.

Quilts made with the person's clothes would be memory quilts.
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