re: Signs of respect at funerals that you'll always remember

I had a construction crew working beside a city street...jackhammers going and all such things when a funeral came by. Instinctively, we all took hard hats off and dropped to one knee as the hearse and procession passed. We didn't think too much of it, but as the day went on, the car with the family of the deceased guy came back by later in the day. they told us that it was their father who had passed away and that he had worked construction for many years and that they were all deeply moved. I have never forgotten how such a small gesture that we all took for granted meant so much to that family.