We did the luncheon....had ALOT of questions since we're fulltime here but want to be interred up north. I think we actually went to the funeral home to speak individually with the man for more info. He didn't high pressure us at all. It's very important, especially for your loved ones who survive you, to make final arrangements!! Just saying.... It's a culturally, unpleasant subject to approach but needs to be done as none of us are getting out of this life alive.
A century or better ago...death was a fact of life in a culture. People didn't have the life-expectancy that we have today. In fact most folks died at home and the family was able to take care of the preparation (not embalming as we do today) of their family-member. I watched a documentary on this on PBS some years ago. Death wasn't talked about in a hush-hush voice as it is today.
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