- Bettina was 29 years old when she died. This letter to her family and friends was read at her Memorial service.
- This was written by a married woman to her as yet unborn child, during her first pregancy. Age: 38
- Written by a single mother to her teenage son
- Married father of two teenage daughters, age 47
- Kim’s ethical will illustrates the appeal of a written legacy for a person in her 50′s without children. She shared hers with friends and other family members.
- Don, in his 50′s, has written this ethical will for his children and grandchildren.
- While in his 60′s, Ray wrote this draft of his ethical will which he sees as a work in progress.
- This ethical will was written by a grandfather in his 70′s shortly before he died of cancer.
- William, a deeply religious Christian, wrote this ethical will in his mid-80′s.
- Beatrice wrote this as she neared her 100th birthday.
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