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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Open casket is so strange to me.  I 100% would go, but personally I don’t look into the casket and I’d let my kids decide if they want to do that.[/quote]

My condolences on your impending loss, OP.

My older cousin died in a car accident when I was in 9th grade and her funeral was open casket. My mom tried to prepare me for it but it was very traumatic for me. I have attended a very few other open casket viewings and funerals since then and I have stayed in the back or in the reception area and not seen the body. I agree fully with letting that be up to your kids.

Is there a way for your kids to see your father before he passes? That may help make things easier at the funeral. Or maybe instead of the funeral?

I was able to visit with one of my grandmothers a couple of months before she died, and didn’t attend her funeral. I knew it would be the last visit, so I said my goodbyes then, and my dad was okay with me not traveling for the funeral (his mom). [/quote]

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