Reply #54: I am printing all of your thoughts out this morning [View All]

and I just want to thank you again for taking the time. Your concern will mean alot to Rose, I am sure.

A bit from the paper

More than 200 people, including Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, packed into Faith United Methodist Church in this small town in northern Dekalb County.

While there were several soldiers in uniform in the church, Slavenas' casket was covered with flowers, not an American flag. One of the few military traditions was the playing of Taps outside the church after a brief service at the cemetery nearby.

Outside the church, Slavenas' mother gave a blistering attack on President Bush.

"George Bush killed my son," said Rosemary Dietz Slavenas, whom friends described as an anti-war activist before her son was killed.

"I believe my son Brian died not for his country but because of our country's lack of a coherent and civilized foreign policy," she said.