A funeral ?

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Hey guys.
im going to a funeral on friday. my girlfriends granda passed away the other day.

i have no idea what to expect to be honest. never been to a wedding, funeral or anythign like this before.
what will happen ?

im guessing cremation / burrial services are similar ?

kinda morbid subject i know. but i really dont have any experience with these things.
Rick
 
Met with the family outside the place, walked in, there were a couple of speechy things, then we walked out of a different door and through a garden and talked for a bit, then went home.

and btw, WTF is that in your sig?
 
I've only been to one, unfortunately it was a good friend of mine and he was only 23 :(

We started off with the church cermony, where close friends and family just give talks and the priests read a few passages, few hyms sung.

We then moved onto the Graveyard type place for him to be buried, another speech given and we all had a chance to pay our respects.

Finally moved onto the wake where we ate, and remember the good times and had generally a nice afternoon.

RIP Chris :)
 
I've been to funerals that were really morbid & long drawn out affairs, usually Catholic burials & also to ones that were not much short of a celebration, so it depends on religion, burial type, the family & deceased etc. as no 2 funerals are the same:)
 
They do it a couple ways here...

One would be to go to a funeral parlour, which is where they display the casket and people gather 'round to mourn. It usually becomes more of a family reunion. This is the common method for those being cremated.

Another way is to have a church service followed by the burial, then a party of sorts.

Then there's the good ol' wake - the preferred method. That's just a huge bash where people get together, get drunk, and relay stories of the good things in the deceased's life.
 
Service, Preaching/short talk, message from family/well wishers, appreciation etc....Everyone then pay last respect and go home or to the cremation place.


Zefan said:
and btw, WTF is that in your sig?
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Looks like a medievil tourchour (sp?) device...
 
My mum and sister are going to a funeral tomorrow, i am meeting them at the wake (sp?) after. Not to sure what to expect, but I have been told NOT to wear black (or to much black).
 
Mr.Orb said:
My mum and sister are going to a funeral tomorrow, i am meeting them at the wake (sp?) after. Not to sure what to expect, but I have been told NOT to wear black (or to much black).
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Just don't wear pink.
 
Thanks for the replies people.
it turns out that its a burial, and not a catholioc one as far as i know.

again thanks for the input guys. at least i now have some kind of an idea what to expect ! where else does one learn these thigns except public forums :|


and yea, billy hit the nail on the head... its an Airbrush... My airbrush, in all its paint stained glory... i prommise you its squeaky clean on the inside though ;)
 
what ever you do make sure you go into the right one.

The last one I went to we turned up a bit early with a few other people, after a bit the funeral doors opened and everyone started going in to sit down.

A good 5-10 mins passed and the group i was with started looking around and noticed we'd no idea who anyone else in the room was. Turns out we went into the wrong funeral :eek: had to sit through the whole thing though and then sit through the proper one after :(
 
I've been to 3.
My best mates grandad a few years ago, was quite a cheery affair although still upsetting, they had some music he loved played including the singing group he was in performing, then we went back to the pub after.

Other two were both of my dads parents one after the other last year, both christian burials (rather than a cremation) all the stuff you'd expect, hyms and praires etc. Complete different atmosphere, once again went to the pub after.



@Gman, read the first line of yours thinking it was that Only Fools and Horses episode
 
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