Funeral
Service for Will on February 7, 2004, at the Episcopal Church
of the Good Shepherd
Faculty
process into the church
In
his self-penned obituary, Will had requested that faculty
should be in academic robes. He also asked for and received
"loud and joyful music as though something is to
be celebrated" from Russell Schulz, Eric Mullenbruch
and the Seminary Choir.
Carried
by the Rev. Amy Donohue-Adams, Will's ashes are received
at the beginning of the service
The
Rev. Charles James Cook, former student of Will's and
long-time faculty colleague, preaching funeral homily
Nancy
Whitworth with family members
The
Rev. William Seth Adams, presider at the funeral, with
the Rev. Amy Donohue-Adams, assisting priest, flanked
by ETSS sacristans Torey Lightcap, Sue Rich and Hunt Priest