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Funeral on a Sat? A week and a half later?
I'm guessing that funerals can "wait" a lot longer than we realize, but I was really surprised to find out that my step grandmother's funeral is in a week and a half. She passed away last night and because of Easter, they can't have the funeral this week. Visitation is NEXT Friday and the funeral is next Saturday. Has anyone else had a lag like this? And has anyone gone to a funeral on a Saturday? I don't remember if I have or not, but DH swears that's weird.
This sounds terrible, but will people have the same feelings almost 2 weeks after her death? I feel like we'll all have accepted it by then. Maybe that'll make it better, who knows. I guess I just needed to tell someone. Thanks for listening! 
Re: Funeral on a Sat? A week and a half later?
Most of the funerals I've been to have been on Saturdays or weekend adjacent days (fridays/mondays) to allow for out of town travel.
I also think some funeral homes charge more to have funerals on saturdays because they're "premium" days.
T&P's during this difficult time.
I've gone to funerals during the week and on Saturdays... a family friend just passed away in a tragic accident (ill post more about that later) and his funeral was yesterday (Sunday). I think funeral dates can be flexible in order to accommodate the people who were closest to whomever passed.
Sorry for your loss. T&P your way.
A colleague passed away unexpectedly and it took more than 3 weeks for his services. He was young (early 30's) and I have no idea how he died (no one has said), but I thought that was a really long time. My friend works for the DC Medical Examiner...I actually asked him how long it would take if there was some sort of thorough autopsy/criminal activity surrounding his death and he thought 3 weeks was extreme since they can usually turn that stuff around in a day.
Anyway, that was sort of off topic, but it can take awhile (especially around Easter/Christmas) and I've been to a few Saturday funerals. My grandfather's was about 2 weeks after he died, but they had to fly his body to Vermont from Florida...I guess it all depends on the situation.
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I think it depends on the situation. Here's a crazy story: My first H passed away in the house (we were separated) and was there 5 days before anyone noticed, then he was in the medical examiners office for at least a week while me and his dad were going back in forth on creamation vs. casket, then we had to fly him out to atlanta where his family was and i think it was like 3 weeks from the time of death before the funeral, i did not go, of course it was a closed casket.
My grandfathers funeral was in the middle of the week, he passed on a sunday, and it was a few days later. and same with my uncle, his was on a wensday.
It's not unusual for it to be a longer wait when you have to work around a holiday. Usually it's within a week, so 10 days isn't terrible. I went to one that was about the same amount of wait time for my great-uncle a few years ago, because he passed right before Christmas, so coordinating with the Church's holiday schedule caused a gap.
As far as feelings go... I think it really depends on how close you were to the person and how sudden the death was. Everyone handles grief differently.