How Do You Have A Home Funeral And Humanize The Mourning Period?
Those of us, who have experienced the death of a loved one, are as shocked with the expense, as the “coldness” of the whole episode. There is now a way to make the experience less formal, cold -as well as less costly. A home funeral is not avant garde–it’s , rather returning to early traditions, where families always kept their loved one @ home, in a viewing room. Increasingly, families are choosing and planning home funerals. This is NOT a new idea. In fact, before the Civil War, all funerals took place in the home. Due to the numbers of soldiers being killed, the profession of undertaker came into fashion. But, now families are joining workshops and seminars to learn the practice of having a deceased loved one, left in the hope for the wake and funeral. The process isn’t as bizarre as some people think. The building of a simple pine box ahead of time must be the primary undertaking. Upon the death of a beloved family member, it is not necessary to call an impersonal funeral director
