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FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)

5. Also forego the traditional viewing/wake at the funeral home

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 13, 2021, 09:19 PM

Sep 2021

Have a memorial service instead where the body is not on display. A memorial is often done after the burial or cremation, sometimes even several week later. That's a good helpful thing for the family, and for friends who need to travel long distances to attend.

The rules and customs regarding funerals have changed quite a bit in the last 1.5 years.

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Cremation with in 24 hours of death multigraincracker Sep 2021 #1

Also forego the traditional viewing/wake at the funeral home FakeNoose Sep 2021 #5

You realize just how bad the effects of this virus are when you hear an undertaker voice its worse napi21 Sep 2021 #2

Apparently the undertaker specializes in embalming ALBliberal Sep 2021 #17

Thank you for posting this MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #3

Cannot imagine telling a grieving family AllyCat Sep 2021 #16

I just thought of something else. Are the undertakers at risk of getting infected with the virus napi21 Sep 2021 #4

Another DU post today said they are in full PPE yonder Sep 2021 #6

Yes, the virus can still survive in dead bodies. Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #7

Yup, aerosols can still come out of their nose and mouth days after death IronLionZion Sep 2021 #18

the author wrote this orleans Sep 2021 #21

I was not a harsh guy before Covid, although I had my moments GulfCoast66 Sep 2021 #8

many people (especially immediate family) want to view the body even if cremation is planned yellowdogintexas Sep 2021 #15

I've thought of doing that myself. calimary Sep 2021 #19

so so so sad and horrible for the families. riversedge Sep 2021 #9

At this rate Traildogbob Sep 2021 #10

I could not ellie Sep 2021 #11

K&R spanone Sep 2021 #12

Maybe this guy should be interviewed for Fox. My mother died 15 years ago from a botched heart stent Pepsidog Sep 2021 #13

My mother's husband was cremated within 24 hours of dying from covid last week. MissB Sep 2021 #14

Brutal. calimary Sep 2021 #20

IMO, it's bad enough just seeing grey cold embalmed bodies nitpicker Sep 2021 #22