Outpouring of love

Sadly, this week, world-renowned glass artisan Bart Zimmerman drowned while trying to rescue two fisherman whose boat had capsized in the Ohio River. Bart and his brother had carried on the glass-making tradition of four generations in their glass factory in Corydon. Life in Corydon does not publish news, but when this tragic event occurred, we were working on a frivolous slideshow about the midway at the fair, and somehow it didn't seem appropriate to run a happy picture of people on an amusement ride. So we've taken a short timeout to honor Bart and express our condolences to his family.

On Thursday, a gathering and celebration of his life was held at his church, the First Capital Christian Church. At 1 pm, the announced beginning of the event, the parking lot was nearly full and hundreds of people had already gathered in the main room at the church, queuing up to express their sorrow or share fond memories of Bart. This went on for six hours until the celebration of life service at 7, where more than 700 gathered in his memory.

Truly an amazing outpouring of love.