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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:49 AM Original message |
I need some Advice about attending a wake/funeral |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. In the end, the choice is up to you, but I would choose the wake. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Wow - stand up & talk about the person, tell stories? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yes, those kinds of wakes/memorials can really help. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. So sorry that you lost such a great friend |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. She was special, indeed. And though I mourn her loss, I celebrate |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is this an ethnic family? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not really ethnic, just Roman Catholic |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know what's considered "proper" in these situations... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Geez, now I've got three 'votes' for the wake |
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VLC (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I don't think there's a "wrong" choice... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Family expected at the funeral, distant kin and friends at the wake. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thank you GC |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yep, family at the funeral |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. If Irish American, the wake -- if not, then the funeral |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. I vote for the Mass, burial, luncheon afterwards. The luncheon will give you the most opportunity |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. If it were Minnesota Lutherans, I'd opt for the funeral |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. see post 19 for a Minnesota Lutheran funeral story |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:05 AM Original message |
You'll get more time to talk to family at the wake, more than likely. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. I would go to the funeral |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you all for your input/opinions |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. funeral mass, burial, and luncheon afterwards |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. LOL - yeah.....it's 'no trouble at all' |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. My vote: Choosing the funeral shows the most respect. No particular reason, |
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