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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 539915" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Here the custom is to have "visitation" with the family at the funeral home a day or so after the death, usually a few hours in the afternoon and a few hours in the evening. Usually the visiting hours are more casual and some people may stop by on their way home from work, etc. to visit with the family and offer their support and sympathy to the family. The funeral service is usually the following day. Sometimes it's at the family's church but here it's usually at the funeral home and sometimes there's an hour or so of visitation before the actual funeral service begins. People attending the funeral service usually dress more formally, like what you would wear to church. If the person is going to be buried, there are short additional services at the grave site but not everyone attending the funeral goes to the actual burial. I know that when each of my parents died, it was a great comfort to have caring friends and family there offering their support and love.</p><p></p><p>When my cousins husband died, he had made arrangements for his body to be donated to a state university medical school so there was no traditional funeral service. But about three weeks after his death, they had a big memorial service for him at their church with a luncheon afterwards. Hundreds of people showed up - relatives, friends, former co-workers, and neighbors. He was quite a character and the luncheon quickly turned in to everyone telling their favorite stories of things he had done and the stunts he had pulled and people laughing themselves silly! He would have loved it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 539915, member: 1883"] Here the custom is to have "visitation" with the family at the funeral home a day or so after the death, usually a few hours in the afternoon and a few hours in the evening. Usually the visiting hours are more casual and some people may stop by on their way home from work, etc. to visit with the family and offer their support and sympathy to the family. The funeral service is usually the following day. Sometimes it's at the family's church but here it's usually at the funeral home and sometimes there's an hour or so of visitation before the actual funeral service begins. People attending the funeral service usually dress more formally, like what you would wear to church. If the person is going to be buried, there are short additional services at the grave site but not everyone attending the funeral goes to the actual burial. I know that when each of my parents died, it was a great comfort to have caring friends and family there offering their support and love. When my cousins husband died, he had made arrangements for his body to be donated to a state university medical school so there was no traditional funeral service. But about three weeks after his death, they had a big memorial service for him at their church with a luncheon afterwards. Hundreds of people showed up - relatives, friends, former co-workers, and neighbors. He was quite a character and the luncheon quickly turned in to everyone telling their favorite stories of things he had done and the stunts he had pulled and people laughing themselves silly! He would have loved it! [/QUOTE]
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