was crying.

     “Emmy knew nothing about all this until Elmer told me several days ago.  She knew and loved her husband as Elmer and she was just as shocked to find out as all of you are now.  But this man, this man laying here in this coffin, is certainly not Jimmy Hoffa and hadn’t been since July of 1975.  He became Elmer and Elmer is the man we celebrate and bury today.  Elmer, who loved his wife, and church, and this town very much, who had such a giving heart, who never acted his old age, who didn’t let his wheelchair slow him down from church functions.”

     Some people were crying now and wiping away their tears.

     “One of his favorite things to do was sit at a...

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