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Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett
With health declining, and we are encouraged to pre plan our funeral, what are your thoughts on a Morning visitation and an afternoon burial. Considering the family and not prolonging the sadness by prolonging the ineventable.
As I know you all so well, you will be kind and considerate with your answers.
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What exactly is "visitation"? Is that a memorial service, open/closed casket, etc?
Nothing wrong with a single service: memorial service then everyone goes to the grave site and the burial.
OR one service at the graveside.
It's cheaper and more convenient for everyone.
Most I have been to involve a service at church or the chapel, then everyone goes to the graveside and the burial takes place. Either that, or a public memorial service with a private burial (immediate family only) later in the day after a reception.
The burial helps provide finality and closure for the grieving, I personally would not want a lot of time between a memorial and the burial (me personally).
If by visitation you mean just an open/closed casket with time for friends and family to "pay their respects", it can be kept for say 1 or 2 hours, followed immediately by the memorial and/or burial service. Thus not too much time in between for grieving loved ones to get despondent or overwhelmed by it all.
But really, it depends on the personalities of the family survivors: what would fit them and also be a fitting and suitable way to honour the departed?
Food always helps, too. Seriously.
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