Very sad day: Capt. Zeb Alford passes away

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Originally Posted by patti

It has been almost 4 months since my Dad passed away and now he will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Nov 30, 2009. The long time from his death to his burial has been very difficult for me and I am having a very hard time coping with all of this.

Sorry for asking, but is this normal anywhere? I mean, 4 months are REALLY long time from the time of death to the actual buriel. So again sorry for asking, but what was the reason for this?

I have only attended 3 buriels in my life: a friend died at the age of 10 in an accident, and I was only 11, so I don't remember details, but 2005 and 2007 my grandparents died, and they were buried the first or second sunday after the death.