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Mixing faith with fun

Darlene Machtan gives a whiskey toast during a personalized funeral held in an airplane hanger. Submitted photo. Teacher plans nondenominational ceremonies By Christina Brandmeier Reporter When she was a young teen, Darlene Machtan’s oldest brother died in a car crash. At his funeral, she sat in church with his two little kids and his widowed wife, who was pregnant with her third child, not believing what she was hearing. “I was already reeling,…