FUNERALS

(See also Burial; Cremation; Mourning)

attending in church: w07 10/15 27-29; w02 5/15 28

attire:

avoiding evil spirits: sh 70

mourning garments: w98 7/15 22-23; sh 70

Bible times:

flute playing (Mt 9:23): w12 2/1 14

“funeral burning” (2Ch 16:14): w05 12/1 20

meal: it-2 447

mourning: it-2 447

procession to grave: w89 11/15 25

Bible view: w09 2/15 29-32

burning incense or models: w87 2/1 3-4

conduct at: w90 10/15 31

cost (U.S.): g99 10/22 28; g92 7/22 6

customs: g99 2/8 10-11; g92 7/22 4-5

Africa: w09 2/15 29-31; w05 1/1 29; g99 7/8 28-29

Senegal: yb98 51-52

experiences:

absent pastor: ijwex article 10

brochure When Someone You Love Dies: yb96 47-48

couple who lost son: yb05 60

effectiveness of discourse: yb91 139

firm stand against unscriptural customs: w14 12/15 18; w98 7/15 23

firm stand on Buddhist practices rewarded: yb91 78

impromptu comments: w01 10/1 22

Kingdom Hall built in time for: yb98 131

kit for funeral directors: yb98 11

last Tahitian princess: yb05 105

non-Witness relatives impressed: yb93 47-48

opposed community won over: yb04 49-50

priest commends Witness stand: yb98 51-52

ship captain who became Witness: yb09 101-102

sister of president of South Africa: w98 7/15 22

tract Can the Dead Really Live Again?: yb15 56-57

trainer of hospice nurses: jr 184

under ban: yb94 205; w93 7/15 10

victims of TWA Flight 800 (U.S., 1996): g97 2/22 32

witnessing to mourners: w01 2/15 10-11

feasts: w09 2/15 32; w98 7/15 24

heart attacks at: g 10/08 30

helping bereaved arrange: w10 5/1 9

Japan:

Emperor Hirohito (Showa): g89 12/22 3-5

Jehovah’s Witnesses: ijwfq article 50; w98 7/15 22, 24; km 3/97 7; g92 7/22 9

attitude toward attending a funeral conducted by another religion: ijwfq article 50

attitude toward eulogies: g99 2/8 11

attitude toward flowers: w91 10/15 30-31; w91 12/15 30

attitude toward having funerals: w90 10/15 30-31

attitude toward local customs: w09 2/15 29-32; w05 1/1 30; w98 7/15 20-24; w98 10/1 19-20; w95 8/15 28-29; rs 102-103

no charge for performing: ijwfq article 50; w90 12/1 24

providing appropriate literature: km 4/08 8

use of Kingdom Hall: od 44, 119; km 3/97 7; om 62-63

whether to conduct for non-Witnesses: km 3/97 7

whether to conduct for notorious criminal: km 11/89 3

whether to conduct for removed ones: km 3/97 7

whether to conduct for suicide: w02 6/15 30-31

who may perform: km 3/97 7

nonreligious: g90 4/22 29

pets: g04 10/22 28

planning for one’s own: g92 7/22 5-7

written funeral instructions: w09 2/15 30-31; w98 7/15 22-23

throwing soil or flowers into or onto grave: w98 7/15 23

wakes: w98 7/15 21-24