Recent questions tagged funerals

Description : What do they do with the body if someone dies and they can't be buried for a week or two?

Last Answer : answer:Keep her on the shelf in the fridge. She's been embalmed, so there is no need to do anything except keep the body cool. There are a lot of places where people can't be buried in the winter ... . They just store the bodies in the basement or in a back room until the ground thaws in the spring.

Description : What is the point of an open casket?

Last Answer : One valid point of it, I think, is to help survivors confront the fact of the death. From my personal experience, the body is clearly no longer the person I knew and loved; seeing it drives home ... for me at least, it's better to grieve intensely as soon as possible than to gradually process it.

Description : What is the strangest place you have ever attended a funeral?

Last Answer : Well, the bathroom goldfish incident comes to mind… Why do we flush fish instead of burying them? Anyway, that’s all I got.

Description : What does the average funeral cost these days?

Last Answer : A few thou if you want to keep it cheap. Cremation is about $1000 give or take. Fancy caskets are a waste of money, IMHO, as they just go in the ground or get burned up.

Description : Anything I should know or show special respect to at a Catholic Funeral?

Last Answer : You should know that they changed the response to The Lord be with you to And with your spirit . So you'll probably hear that a lot. You'll also hear other people use the old And also with you ... You won't be expected to participate, but it'll be pretty obvious what's going on if you choose to.

Description : What are your thoughts on this post-funeral dinner experience?

Last Answer : Why would just ordering a bowl of soup be respectful to his grandfather? I don’t understand.

Description : Have you ever lost a grave in a cemetery? How did you find it?

Last Answer : I stopped at the cemetery office and asked for a map. They marked the location of the grave, and told me how to get to it.

Description : What is something you have always wanted to know about the "behind the scenes" aspect of funerals and burials?

Last Answer : With my dad dying this year, I’m not so curious. There is something I want to know, but I won’t ask, right now.