MORDEN, MB

Ashley Thiessen, 29, of Winnipeg was sad about the death of her loved one, but felt some sense of relief when she found out great-grandma’s funeral was going to feature a totally epic ‘Girl Dinner’ in the church gymnasium.

“You mean I just fill up my plate with ham slices and pickles?” said Thiessen, who ventured out to Morden for the funeral/Girl Dinner. “Oh look, rhubarb plautz!”

Thiessen enjoyed her Girl Dinner while sitting on a wooden chair around a large circular table beneath a basketball hoop.

“I had no idea Grandma was so on trend,” said Thiessen. “I hope someday when I pass away, everyone will celebrate my life with a Girl Dinner,

Unbeknownst to Thiessen, the Morden MBGC church has been serving Girl Dinners at funerals for decades.

“Around here we just call it fa

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