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re: What is proper Funeral Etiquette?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:28 pm to KosmoCramer
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:28 pm to KosmoCramer
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If he didn't know the employee well but wanted to make a kind gesture, I think the funeral is the better course of action. That's what I prefer, I think making small talk at a wake is very poor form.
I'm actually surprised this thread is split about 50/50 on what's more appropriate.. Is this a regional thing?
In south LA, hundreds of people generally attend the visitation/wake. The funeral is a much more intimate and private event attended by only close friends and family.
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:29 pm to PhiTiger1764
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In south LA, hundreds of people generally attend the visitation/wake. The funeral is a much more intimate and private event attended by only close friends and family.
Are you talking funeral in a church or the burial service at the grave?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 4:34 pm to PhiTiger1764
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I'm actually surprised this thread is split about 50/50 on what's more appropriate.. Is this a regional thing?
In south LA, hundreds of people generally attend the visitation/wake. The funeral is a much more intimate and private event attended by only close friends and family.
Must be, I posted almost exactly what you did. The wakes I go to usually have way more people than the funeral and there's usually a spread in the kitchen. It's a very social event.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 5:12 pm to PhiTiger1764
quote:This is exactly how things work in my experience.
In south LA, hundreds of people generally attend the visitation/wake. The funeral is a much more intimate and private event attended by only close friends and family.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 6:01 pm to PhiTiger1764
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In south LA, hundreds of people generally attend the visitation/wake. The funeral is a much more intimate and private event attended by only close friends and family.
Agree. I couldn't imagine showing up at someone I didn't know's funeral.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:34 pm to PhiTiger1764
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Is this a regional thing?
Must be. The order of events where I come from in middle Tennessee is visitation -> funeral/burial -> wake, and you attend in that order based on closeness. If you don't know the deceased but you know a family member, then you go to the visitation. If you know the deceased, then you go to the funeral. Burial is a little more intimate. Following the burial is the wake. Usually the same crowd you had at the burial.
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