Funerals

If your children were close with their father you should attend the funeral to be there to support your children.

Pallbearers. They can be women also.

You don't need to enbalm the dead, They already did that before they died.

It was estimated that 2.5 billion people watched Princess Diana's funeral on television, nearly half the population of the world.

Unlikely. It doesn't make sense. If you pay $10k in funeral expenses and the life insurance is 10 million - what kind of a deal is that? It would certainly be possible that if the insurance is payable to the estate of the deseased that the person who paid the funeral expenses could get the $$$ from there.

Jewish law only allows NATURAL materials, like plain wood. This is because, according to Jewish teachings, the body is to return to the earth so any items that may impede the process of decomposition are not allowed.

You should contact a cemetery in your area and see what is their price range. It seems that the costs in a cemetery owned mausoleum vary substantially with regard to location (interior or exterior crypt; lower crypts more costly than crypts at higher level). If cost is no object you might have an architect design one just for you. I've seen one prominent family's mausoleum in a local cemetery and it must have cost tens of thousands of dollars- lots of marble, columns, etc.!

Into the woods- both coffins and most furniture are made of wood. Sort of allied trades.

In Paris the church of the Madeleine and also ( for War figures or related) Des Invalides- are used for ceremonial funerals, lying in state etc.

The history of the practice of pulling off the road during a funeral procession, was at one time, a law.

Now only regarded as a "practice" for those who wish to pull off the road.

Back in the early days when automobiles were a new form of transportation and roads weren't wide enough to accommodate the width of a car and a horse drawn hearse meeting one another, automobiles were required to pull off the road and be shut off.

This allowed for the procession to proceed as a whole and the horses not to become spooked by the car engine.

It was never intended to be regarded as a "respect for the dead" issue.

If the children sent them and you know they did, be polite and proper as you would do to anyone who sent them- recognizing their support would be a good thing. Even if their mother send the flowers in the name of the grandchildren, children love to get cards and feel important. Send the grandchildren a card appropriate for their age. Absolutely not. It's their responsibilty and obligation to perform these duties in support of the family and the people that are responsible for them even being here, taking up other people's breathing air. The people that don't care if they ever existed or not..........Best thing to do, if they really cared about their people, is to look in on them, see how they feel, ask them if they need anything. Support, in short. But, different people do tend to be different.................

I suppose anyone can limit who goes to a funeral.

Let's say I have a small funeral at my house. I could certainly limit who I invite. I might invite your neighbor, and not invite you. That's my right. It has nothing to do with being a Jehovah's Witness. It has to do with preference, or perhaps other reasons.

Let's say you always treated the deceased in a disrespectful way; You would probably not be invited. Thems the breaks.

Visiting hours are usually posted in the obituary section of the Newspapers, in jerdey City and environs the agreed-upon trade practice is 2-5 and 7-9 in PM hours. it has been argued the song ( Dey Doo Ron Ron) makes some sort of morbid comic reference to this ( Picked me up at seven and we went to nine) was in the original- one is advised the song begins- Met him on a Monday and my HEART STOOD STILL. one wonders about these songs and their medium-grey humor.

You should be Power of Attorney for this elderly person. This gives you the right to pay bills at the nursing home, any care for the elderly person, etc. If you have the power to do so, then take into consideration the request of the elderly person in their Will what type of funeral they wish. Funerals can cost up to $18 - $20,000 easily if one allows a Funeral Director to talk them into a very expensive casket with all the extras. A moderate funeral would be suitable. Some people prefer cremation and a Memorial Service is set up. It would be wise to seek advice from the banking institution where the accounts are and ask their opinion. You could put say $12,000 into an interest bearing account.

In Maori (native New Zealand) culture, it is a good thing. It is a sign that the gods in the sky are weaping for the person who has died. Or something like that. It's a sign of respect. It probably means different things in other cultures, but that's what I've heard.

No such statues are allowed, because they are viewed as idols and Jehovah's Witnesses feels strongly about avoiding idols. (1 Corinthians 10:14) Then too, mostly churches include items like that in their funerals and we do well to distinguish ourselves from other religions.

A pallbearer is a person who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.

A funeral barge is a boat that ancient Egyptians used to send dead bodies down the river.

Yes. Service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) qualifies them for VA benefits. A discharge by the Secretary of Defense is needed to qualify. More information can be found at the VA web site.

They normally go in the church ( Fore and aft) horizontal I would imagine the feet first ( the coffin is closed at the actual requiem mass) The Principal Mourner walks directly behind the coffin. I was principal mourner at my Mother"s funeral just about a year ago!

In most simple terms, if it were someone outside of the clergy offering a memorialisation of the deceased, that person might be referred to as an Eulogist.

It was argued in my history class the Oration, which was evidentally standardized for all war memorial observances, bears some resemblance to the famous Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln. Both have Political overtones. Both are related to War losses. If I recall correctly the Periclean eulogy starts out ( Our Form of Government...) He started out swinging politics! Half Way Up ( pun intended)./