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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
I don't really care for the entire custom of funerals myself. I think they are tortuous. Especially when it's someone close to me. It sometimes feels like your grief is being put on parade for everyone to see.
I would prefer to have the traditional Family Night visitation at the funeral home.... and let that be a celebration of my life. Pictures, slide-show, scrapbooks, etc. Then a very short graveside ceremony. And that's it.
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This has what we have done in my dad's family (great-grandparents) but we also had a regular funeral services at the church for my mom's parent's. They were all done in order with a lot of dignity, so either way was fine.
But for myself, I am not a big fan of needing to turn it into a religious event. I think memorials are great, a celebration of the person life! Not to leave God out of it of course, but I fail to see the need for a sermon, personally.