It was about the wheel of reincarnation or something in my opinion. Perhaps this is what the family wanted said, but it was strange and new age to me.
It was from T.S. Eliot, and the turn refered to the verse from Ecclesiastes.
The reference in the Vice President's eulogy to the 'the wheel' may refer to Ecclesiastes 12:6, a chapter which contains a lot of symbolism regarding the process of growing old and passing away.