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Originally Posted by merrylander
Didn't see the funeral so I can't comment on it. We plan on no service, no viewing, simple cremation and that's it.
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My aunt died a few years ago. Everyone expected the typical packed-to-the-rafters-with-friends-and-relatives Polish wake, funeral, funeral Mass, burial, and a gathering afterwards, complete with food.
What she got instead, courtesy of her oldest son, was a thirty minute wake/viewing, a ten-minute service, a private cremation, and then her remains got poured into the local river. She didn't even get buried next to her husband (who died over 20 years ago and still has no grave marker). Made an awful lot of relatives VERY angry and upset, especially my Dad.
I could go on, but I won't bother. All I'll say is that there's nowhere near enough respect for the dead, never mind the living.