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[quote=Anonymous]Most of the funerals that I’ve been to have been open to anyone who wants to attend. That’s why announcements are made in churches that I’ve attended, and obituaries with details about the service are published publicly. As someone who has had to arrange a funeral service, I find these traditions very helpful. They leave space for receiving support of different kinds. The last thing that I would have wanted, while dealing with my own grief, would have been to be personally responsible for reaching out to dozens if not hundreds of people, during a very short, very stressful period of time, to extend personal invitations. It’s time consuming, and emotionally a painful burden to be tasked with informing others of a death and to handle their shock and loss while dealing with my own. The traditions I’m used to reflect my experience growing up in relatively cohesive communities, though, and I recognize that this isn’t everyone’s experience. [/quote]
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