Question about Funerals...

[Levan]

I'm really just curious on this, okay? I didn't lose someone I know, I just wondered about it, googled it even, and I still didn't get an answer.

So, here's the question:

If a person is missing(but presumed/predicted dead) and/or the body of the person could not be retrieved in any way(like for example, lost at sea or something), how would a funeral go? Will it still be the same as a normal funeral, just that the body isn't present?

I'd like to know how it undergoes for religious and non-religious folks, or atheists.

 

[aintnoscrub]

I would imagine it would all go the same except no burial/cremation at the end. Its still nice to have the service just so people can say there respects

 

[Levan]

Thanks.

So coffins are still needed, even though its empty and not really useful? D:

 

[aintnoscrub]

No i doubt they would have a coffin unless requested by the family. Just a service to pay respects would be enough

 

[wpstudart]

It's just like the same, with a coffin, but without the body. It's sad. But I think any funeral is sad. I already gone at one funeral without a body, it's all the same :/

 

[Romero]

I've been at many funerals, but luckily not without a corpse. I don't know what happens if the corpse is missing. This may vary from country to country, and between different branches of Christianity.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

It's just like the same, with a coffin, but without the body. It's sad. But I think any funeral is sad. I already gone at one funeral without a body, it's all the same :/

Yeah, you are right. A friend of mine went to a funeral where there was no body, but there was still a coffin. With or without a body, I think that coffin also serves as a focal point for everyone's grief during the service anyway.

 

[Hoady]

Yeah its all the same just without the dead.I've never been to a funeral i don't know anyone close whos died since i was 3 years old and thats too young to remember.

 

[Levan]

Thanks guys!

Honestly I've been in quite a lot of funerals before. Two of my grandparents died, and another two from my cousin's. I'm just a bit happy though, that they all died peacefully, and was still married when they were buried. That perhaps is the greatest way to die; naturally and very tranquil.

 

[Hoady]

Lol was that like an advertisement?

Thanks guys!

Honestly I've been in quite a lot of funerals before. Two of my grandparents died, and another two from my cousin's. I'm just a bit happy though, that they all died peacefully, and was still married when they were buried. That perhaps is the greatest way to die; naturally and very tranquil.

Well thats good my grandfather died when i was 2 years old 3 days before my birthday.I always wanted to meet him, i think we were similar in ways its funny because i have a condition called scholosis its where the spine is bent but only ever so slightly at the lowerback.He had lowerback problems too.

 

[Romero]

Yeah, you are right. A friend of mine went to a funeral where there was no body, but there was still a coffin. With or without a body, I think that coffin also serves as a focal point for everyone's grief during the service anyway.

That's probably how they would do it here too. And I can imagine they would place a photograph of the dead person in the coffin, or on top of it.

I have carried a few coffins to the grave, it's very heavy each time. But I'm not sure if I would feel it so much lighter if the coffin was empty.

 

[Hoady]

I'd expect the coffins by themselves to be pretty heavy, those things are real expensive man they must be compacted together with some real firm wood.

 

[Romero]

I'd expect the coffins by themselves to be pretty heavy, those things are real expensive man they must be compacted together with some real firm wood.

Yes they are actually very heavy, but when I said "heavy" it had a double meaning. The physical weight is not necessarily what weighs the most. If you find yourself amongst the six men carrying one, someone close to you is probably inside it.