Funerals

The correct etiquette for sympathy thank yous (for flowers or just cards of sympathy) is to send cards back to the people who gave you either flowers or a card and add a little note at the bottom of the verse saying you appreciate their support in your time of need. However, it's not always necessary and at a later date when the person is over their grieving they can thank the persons by phone.

Whilst the actual funeral services, wakes, etc., are relatively inexpensive, based upon average funeral costs in different parts of the world, what raises the cost so dramatically are the coffins or receptacles used for the burial.

Coffins are custom designed, reflecting an important characteristic of the deceased's life, or perhaps in tribute to an aspiration the deceased may have had. Many of the coffins are hand-carved from soft woods, or a combination of plaster, chicken wire, and papier-mâché.

Some of the more memorable coffins have included a larger than life-sized Coca Cola bottle, A giant Nikon camera, numerous luxury vehicles - ranging from race cars to Mercedes limousines. Many coffins have been designed to resemble massive wing-spread eagles, or hawks, or giant tarpons, whales, and sharks.

One coffin that hit the international media several years back was when the grandmother of a gentleman who worked in the carpentry business died. His boss was a highly talented craftsman. The employee rather wistfully spoke about his grandmother's life and mentioned that she had never once been on an aeroplane.

This gave his boss an idea. He decided to build a replica of a DC-10-30, complete with Ghana Airways livery, to 'fly' his valued employee's grandmother towards the heavens.

The elaborate details and creativity of these coffins sometimes match the great artists of the world. The designs are done not only with creative style, but with empathy, compassion, and respect.

And today, the limitations to creating these amazing works of funerary art is only the bounds of your imagination.

If life insurance is payable to a beneficiary other than "the estate of ...[the decedent]", proceeds are payable directly to the named beneficiary and do not normally become part of the estate. However, if the designation of beneficiary of the life insurance policy is the estate of the decedent, proceeds do usually become part of the estate.

The funeral derecter will make roughtly 500,000dollars and that is with the taxes and money for gas for all the cars but its close to 700,000 you figure 7,000 per body and you get around 113 bodies a year

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A funeral pyre is a collective of combustible material (such as wood) placed together to effectively dispose of a dead persons body. Typically seen in countries such as India and is based on the same process as cremation. The body is disposed of by burning as in cremation in the UK and USA but is typically done outside. In India this can be often seen at locations along the river ganges where after the pyre have finished burning the ashes are pushed/scattered in the river. Although based in religious practice it serves also to satisfy public health precautions due to decomposition of the dead in a hot country can lead to outbreaks of disease (cholora)

Prices vary from country to country. In the United States, the cheapest wooden caskets (like cloth covered particle board coffins) start at prices around $ 500. Cardboard caskets are even cheaper. The most expensive wooden casket is currently (in 2014) Batesville's (Marsellus) "Masterpiece" solid African Mahogany casket with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $ 38,000, but offered by Online casket retailers already at prices around $ 16,000 (plus 2,000 for an optional carved top). Metal casket prices start around $ 700 for unsealed 20 gauge steel caskets (Online casket retailers), sealed metal caskets being somewhat more expensive. Sheet copper and bronze caskets are available from § 2,000 (Online casket retailers). The most expensive casket on the market is currently a 1,100 lbs heavy cast bronze Pharaoh Sarcophagus manufactured by the York-Matthews Company, offered at a manufacturer's suggested list price of

$ 270,000, but sold by discount casket retailers already at a "bargain" price of

$ 160,000. The casket prices charged by funeral homes are often considerably higher than those of Online casket retailers.

Some churches ban or try to avoid having BOTH funerals and weddings on Sundays! The reason is simple (traffic control) - There is a regular block of Masses on sundays and other church services would interrupt this divine stream. In the Catholic Church this is common. Weddings are often performed on Saturday Afternoons- primarily to avoid any traffic problems with the normal schedule of masses. Traffic control and management, not abstruse theology, is the reason usually given. also- it is not permissible to be Married in the church on or near certain church seasons ( such as Lent) or holidays such as Christmas including the Season ( up to Epiphany) it is again based on a traffic-control argument.

a burial chamber underground, usually in a graveyard or church.

Yes, that would be polite to do. It is always alright to send thank you notes in most situations. I am truly sorry for the widow we speak of , I wish the best for you.

In cases of extreme bereavement, the bereaved may designate someone to write the Thank you notes for him or her.

Yes bc she will need all the comfort she can get and will appreciate you taking the time to come.

Kennedy, as he was a former Naval officer on PT boats.

It's not absolutely necessary, but it would be a nice gesture.

You might also want to co-ordinate with any other of his/her relatives so that you send out a combined thank you card.

Speak with him/her right from your heart. Death is something which joins the entire human family. No one escapes this one, fortunately - it gives us all a kind of common denominator we can relate to. So speak from your heart and when you see him/her, give a big hug and let him/her unload. You don't have to say a lot. You don't have to struggle for the right words. Just the fact that you have stepped forward to speak with him/her in the first place will mean the world to him/her. Your friend is very likely waiting to hear from you, so just be good, old, natural you. Be the person your friend is so fond of. Open your arms to him/her and be sure you give him/her a hug. Right now a million things are flooding through their mind, and your presence and support will help him/her to make a Spiritual bridge from the pain he/she is in right this minute to a semblance of sanity, balance and calm. The sooner you can reach out to this person, the better. Later, you will feel so good inside, no matter how it goes, that you made the effort to appear, relate, hug, cry maybe, and just help share her sorrow at this special time in his/her life.

It is assumed that non Muslims will respect the Muslim funeral and pay condolence to the dead relatives and/or funeral relevant people.

It is narrated that prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was sitting down when a funeral of a Jewish passed by. He sat up in respect of the funeral and when asked who he does so for a Jewish funeral who didn't believe in you as prophet and did not believe in Islam. Prophet Muhammad answered them : is not a human soul that should be respected.

Just walk silently, pray for the dead if you wish with mercy and forgiveness, and meet the dead's relatives and say "Al Baqaa Lillah/ eternity is only for God", "may you be granted with patience".

Most wills have a provision providing for payment of funeral expenses out of the proceeds of the estate. Check the deceased's will to see if this indeed is the case. If so, a beneficiary (or any other person for that matter) who pays the funeral expenses should be reimbursed. As a side note, the expenses associated with the funeral are usually deductible expenses when filing the estate's inheritance tax return. Check with either an estate attorney or the register of wills (or Orphan's Court) of the county where the will was probated (or will be probated). You should be able to get the answers you need from the register of wills.

it depends on what kind of lawyer, where they practice, how long they've been practicing, and what cases they handle. Some work almost exclusively pro-bono or are paid in barter, some make millions of USD per year, and many make anything in between. You're not likely to make a really extravagant amount of money, but most do well enough.

Most religiously observant Jews will not attend any service held in a Christian church. Depending on the Jewish holiday, most Jews, of any observance level, would not attend a service held in a Christian church.

In my area, those who have no money are taken care of without ceremony. It is either a direct cremation or immediate burial. Both are done simply in the presence of a funeral director and scheduled at the funeral homes convenience.

The body is usually either cremated or buried, where this is possible. There is either a funeral or a memorial service in which a talk given in which the person's life and family are recounted, as well as the hope that person has for returning to life in the resurrection.

depends on the size of the coffin

The Catholic person should check with his own church.

As far as the Jews are concerned . . . Of course.