A Raconteur is a person skilled in telling stories in an amusing way. Stories about death and funerals are not usually told with a humorous twist. Before my total Laryngectomy in 2020 people always told me I should write a book about my family's four generations in funeral service. I have tried to weave a storyline around actual events and the lessons I learned. I was raised in the funeral business but embraced the culture of the sixties. This gave me a unique perspective to evaluate and share these experiences. I will share tales of the unusual and bizarre, of great courage and great despair and everything in between, I will share my views of the changes in our families and our culture I witnessed as a compassionately detached observer.