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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Having presided over a few of these and thus having had to deal with the "politics" of differing family desires, let me offer a suggestion if possible..
It is something very common around here. 2 services. One at either the church or funeral home chapel, the other graveside. If everyone is ok with 2 services - then the JW's can have one and the family can have one. The deceased's wishes are honored, and the family has a service that they can celebrate the life and memory of the deceased as wellOne other option is multiple services "indoors" as well.
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Ditto
that: with Jewish, Catholic, Methodist, and one aunt that just donated her
corpus non
delecti to science, in my family; and 93 year old mom about to
pass over, go with the
formal expressed wishes of the deceased first(JW)
and a multi-deistic graveside service for the family(well catered of of course!) We do
fabu Irish wakes and I'm tempted to throw one for myself so I can enjoy my own party. As with Skybird: funerals are for the living; so do both and cover all bases! As with my PM: blessings and condolences.