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What is proper Funeral Etiquette?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:16 pm
Have an employee whose dad passed away and visitation is tomorrow evening and funeral is Thursday. I may have met her dad once but certainly didn't know him. Do I go to both visitation and funeral or if picking one , which one? The kicker is all this takes place 3 hours away.
This post was edited on 4/8/14 at 4:53 pm
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:17 pm to CAT
Visitation
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:17 pm to CAT
You don't go. Send flowers or a donation if that is their preference.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:17 pm to CAT
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:17 pm to CAT
Funeral. Visitation just seems more for those closer to the deceased imo.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:17 pm to CAT
Send flowers or donation of choice.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:18 pm to arseinclarse
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:18 pm to CAT
Attend the wake to show support for your employee. Unless she was your friend as well, skip the funeral
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:18 pm to lsunurse
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Funeral. Visitation just seems more for those closer to the deceased imo.
See, I've always thought it to be the other way around.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:19 pm to lsunurse
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Funeral. Visitation just seems more for those closer to the deceased imo.
Reverse the order and you've got it. Had to go through this when my father passed.
Visitation.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:20 pm to fr33manator
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Attend the wake to show support for your employee. Unless she was your friend as well, skip the funeral
Looks like we think the opposite.
I can only do to either my coworker's children's funeral or the visitation this week(day shift is working part of my shift so I can go).
I'm choosing the funeral.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:20 pm to CAT
She's worked for me for 16 years so it's not some random person in a big company.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:20 pm to CAT
Go. Whether or not you knew the deceased person doesn't matter.
You're supporting the person you know by showing up, even for just a few minutes.
It may not seem like much, but trust me, it means a lot.
You're supporting the person you know by showing up, even for just a few minutes.
It may not seem like much, but trust me, it means a lot.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:20 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I think the funeral is a much better choice if you don't know the deceased or the family very well.
Sit in the back, give your condolences at the end to those that you know, and leave.
I would much rather go to a funeral than to fake it at a wake.
Sit in the back, give your condolences at the end to those that you know, and leave.
I would much rather go to a funeral than to fake it at a wake.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:21 pm to CAT
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She's worked for me for 16 years so it's not some random person in a big company.
Oh well then the wake would be very appropriate then.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:21 pm to CAT
I wouldn't go to either. If they are Catholic, have a mass said for the man. If they aren't Catholic, send some nice flowers.
Not to hijack: but I don't get the wake/visitation/funeral thing. Pick one thing, people. We don't need multiple events to send someone to their final resting place.
ETA: Ok, you know her well. Visitation.
Not to hijack: but I don't get the wake/visitation/funeral thing. Pick one thing, people. We don't need multiple events to send someone to their final resting place.
ETA: Ok, you know her well. Visitation.
This post was edited on 4/8/14 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:22 pm to drewnbrla
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Reverse the order and you've got it. Had to go through this when my father passed.
Visitation.
Yep. Sometimes the Funeral is formal, and then there's the burial afterwards and the question if you should go to that as well. Sometimes the cemetary can be 30-45 minutes away. You won't get to see the person at the funeral since they will be with the family. But you can talk to them for a minute or two, giving your respects to the deceased, at the visitation.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:22 pm to drewnbrla
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. Had to go through this when my father passe
You had to decide whether to go to the visitation pr the funeral?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:22 pm to CAT
Send flowers
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:22 pm to CAT
You just go to the wake. You don't need to go to the funeral. You aren't close friends or family.
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