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Funeral of Rudolph Valentino: August 30, 1926 United States: New York City: at least 10,000 [14] State funeral of Jānis Čakste: March 18, 1927 Latvia: Rīga: up to 200,000 [15] Funeral of Engelbert Dollfuss: July 30, 1934 Federal State of Austria: Vienna: Approx.500,000 [16] Funeral of Paul von Hindenburg: August 6–7, 1934 Nazi Germany
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [ 1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished service to the nation. [ 1][ 2] Administered by ...
Coordinates: 29°59′23.17″N 95°25′50.17″W. National Museum of Funeral History. The National Museum of Funeral History is a museum in Houston, Texas, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics that aim to "educate the public and preserve the heritage of death care." The 35,000-square-foot museum opened in 1992.
Homegoing. A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven.
Website. coop .co .uk /funeralcare. Funeral Services Limited, trading as Co-op Funeralcare, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Co-operative Group, based in Manchester, [1] which operates over 1,000 funeral homes and is the largest funeral director in the United Kingdom, accounting for 16.5% of the "at need" funeral market during 2016. [2]
Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media.
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [ 5][ 6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [ 1]