FAMILY BURIES BUNNY.Byline: Ivan Sciupac Daily News Staff Writer Tucson, the pet bunny bunny delivers chocolates, etc., to children. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 487] See : Easter killed by a neighborhood dog, was buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. Saturday morning at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Pet Memorial Park as friends and relatives showered the grave with flowers, tears and carrots. Interred in the cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent. with such noted celebrity pets as Hopalong Cassidy's horse, Humphrey Bogart's dog and Charlie Chaplin's cat, Tucson was carried to his grave by owner Jodi Novick, who said it was good for her to kiss him and say goodbye one last time. ``He was actually soft,'' she said. ``It was as if he was still alive.'' After the open casket ceremony, Pepi Novick, Jodi's mother, gave the bunny a eulogy. ``Tucson - you were just so loved. You're gone but you'll never be forgotten,'' she said. Cemetery officials offered to partially pay for the $905 funeral, while the dog's owners have already given the Novicks a check for $450. Although most funerals for small animals run for about $450, the Novicks bought a headstone with a picture of Tucson etched etch v. etched, etch·ing, etch·es v.tr. 1. a. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid. b. in laser-print. Pepi Novick said Tucson died in the attack by a neighbor's dog that jumped a fence into her back yard. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Jodi Novick, left, and her mother, Pepi Novick, grieve grieve v. grieved, griev·ing, grieves v.tr. 1. To cause to be sorrowful; distress: It grieves me to see you in such pain. 2. at the grave of their pet bunny, Tucson. (2) Flowers, photos and food adorn the final resting place of Tucson the bunny, who was buried Saturday in Calabasas. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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