Private memorials planned for Kenneth Lay in Aspen, Houston

[rainbow4321]

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Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay will be remembered by friends, family and co-defendant Jeffrey Skilling at two private memorial services after his death this week while awaiting sentencing for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history. Skilling, the former Enron CEO, planned to attend both services with his wife, Rebecca Carter, said Skilling's lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli.

A small, private memorial service is set for Sunday afternoon at the Aspen Chapel just north of Aspen, family spokeswoman Kelly Kimberly said in a statement. Lay died Wednesday in the glitzy western Colorado ski resort town where he and his wife, Linda, were vacationing. The family often vacationed there.

A second private memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in downtown Houston, which Lay attended for 12 years. "The Lay family asks that their privacy be respected as they mourn the loss of their husband, father, grandfather and brother," Kimberly's statement said.

Kimberly added Friday both services will be restricted to friends and family, but the Houston service is expected to be the larger. Reporters will not be allowed to attend. Other details about the services were not released.



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The 64-year-old businessman, whom a federal jury in Houston convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges earlier this year, died suddenly Wednesday during a vacation in Aspen. A coroner blamed his death on heart disease.

A statement from a Lay family spokesman said a memorial service open to Lay family and friends was scheduled for 2 p.m. MDT Sunday at Aspen Chapel in Aspen. Another memorial was scheduled for 11 a.m. CDT Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Houston.

[Webster Green]

1. Lay himself will not be attending, as he is out of the country...

Sad

[liberalla]

3. I wonder if they had a wax copy of Lay made for coffin display, or

maybe they will go closed casket...

[jsamuel]

4. he is being cremated

[earth mom]

6. Before the funeral?!

:wtf:

When my mom died, she was laid in a casket at the funeral. After the service she was cremated. Isn't that standard procedure?!

Cremating Lay BEFORE the services, I find odd, so VERY odd. :wow:

[daleo]

8. I have seen it done both ways

It depends on how much money you want to spend, the condition of the body, and cultural/personal preferences.

I think Lay is dead, but I assume he was murdered somehow, to spare Bush the trouble of pardoning him.

[earth mom]

11. True, but there is the option of a closed casket.

Plus the Lay family can very easily afford a very nice casket, now can they?

Even so, it still sounds odd to me. :shrug:

[daleo]

12. The money issue wouldn't be relevant

And Lay didn't look bad a few days before his assumed death. So, from those points of view it is a little odd.

I think he's dead, but a scam isn't outside of the range of possibilities, given what we know of Lay and the BFEE. I just think Bush would rather have him dead. It's more certain.

[liberalla]

7. Thanks--I just saw that in another thread... hmm...

[Fridays Child]

9. Best response all day!

:toast:

[LibDemAlways]

13. He'll arrange to watch a tape of the proceedings as he

sips a mai tai and laughs his ass off that his biggest scam has, thus far, been a success.

[bluestateguy]

2. Pieman, Oh Pieman, where are you?

"The Lay family asks that their privacy be respected as they mourn the loss of their husband, father, grandfather and brother," Kimberly's statement said.

Go fuck yourself, SLUT!

[Ksec]

5. Bush and his Daddy will surely be there

I guess Senior was his best bud, while Jr was pretty close also. I hope Jr doesnt go after he has skipped all the soldiers funerals. Talk about sending signals.

[malaise]

10. Gosh I hope he goes

I so want him to go and preach the beatitudes over that empty earn.