LARGER THAN LIFE

IT WAS A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE THAT SAW THIS RARE CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH BROUGHT BACK FROM DEATH’S DOOR — BETTER, AND MORE OMINOUS, THAN EVER BEFORE

CONNAL GRACE

The town of Raymondville, Texas, hasn’t changed much in the past 60 years. Oh, it’s got with the times and developed, but it hasn’t really changed — a small town is a small town. With a population that has hovered at just over 10,000 for the past 60-odd years, Raymondville is definitely one of those, and it still is. The story you are about to read begins in Raymondville, during a time when Dwight Eisenhower was president — the year 1960. In those days, it was common practice in small towns for the funeral home to also operate the ambulance service, and the logical way to do so was through the use of a dual-purpose vehicle. These dual-purpose vehicles were built to order to fulfil the specific requirements of each…

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NZV8 (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 159 August 2018

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