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[quote=Anonymous]1) age-appropriateness: no universal rule for this. When my MIL died our 3-yo was the only child under 16 at the service and it was difficult, I had to leave the service with him and wander the hallways. When my dad died 6 months later the church had a "crying room" where you could see everything and hear everything but they couldn't hear you and I took him in there and was by no means the only parent in there. MIL and my dad were the same age but there were plenty of young families at my dad's service, not the case for my MIL, and these funerals happened in very different communities. 
2) family all together: in my extended family funerals are a major event for reuniting (I'm now in the grandparent generation so weddings not so much) BUT you were there for 2 weeks already and I assume everyone saw everyone, goodbyes were said, etc. 
3) always a good chance of weather related flight delays, etc this time of year and a lot to put the little ones through after a lengthy trip

Those are the things that come to mind to present as a case for not going. 
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