FUNERALS
(See also Burial; Cremation; Dead; Death; Mourning; Wakes)
Africa: g60 8/22 21-23; g58 3/22 28; g48 5/8 12-14
professional mourners: g79 8/8 30
annual memorials: w78 6/1 8
attending: w52 639; w49 351-352
church: w70 191-192; w52 639; w50 96
attire: g77 3/22 14; g74 12/8 27
wearing black: w80 3/15 6; w58 575
avoiding interfaith at: w80 3/15 7
Babylon (ancient): g77 8/22 9-10
Bali: g61 2/8 20-21
Buddhist: ts 61-62; g62 8/8 30; g60 7/8 24-26; g53 7/8 20
for gangsters: g76 10/8 31
Witness asked to attend: w77 55
burning paper items: ts 62
candles: g47 3/22 25
caskets: g76 7/8 19
Catholic: g68 5/22 19; g64 10/8 15; g34 4/11 447
Chinese: w61 581
church, for mobsters: g79 5/8 30; w78 8/15 7
denied because of invalid marriage: g82 4/22 30
clergy:
ask for money for prayer: w76 567-568
Colombia: w80 6/1 7
conduct at: w77 346-347
cost: w78 6/1 6
cremation: g76 8/8 27-28; w65 416; g56 7/8 25-26; g47 11/22 24-25
statistics by country: g85 7/8 30-31
Cuba: g57 3/22 21-22
Curaçao: g55 2/8 24
customs: w80 6/1 7; g77 3/22 12-15; g77 8/22 9-11
Zaire: g84 5/8 22-24
discussion: g83 8/22 22-24; w80 3/15 5-7; w77 344-348; g68 2/22 16-20; af 54-63
disfellowshipped persons: w81 9/15 31; w77 347-348; w61 544
Egypt (ancient): g77 8/22 10-11
embalming: w76 479-480; g76 7/8 19; g48 2/8 22; g47 11/22 24; g40 1/24 19; g40 5/15 26
expenses: g83 8/22 23-24; g69 2/8 11; g68 2/22 16-19; g63 6/22 31; g63 11/22 22-23; g63 12/22 29-30; g51 6/22 18-19; g48 2/8 24
experiences: yb77 162; yb75 176; w74 283; g74 3/22 19; g74 12/8 28; yb71 287; g71 3/8 7; yb70 264-265; w69 639; yb67 203, 240-241; w65 574; yb65 253, 256; yb64 210, 236; yb63 230, 305; yb62 134, 141-142; yb61 124, 201
flowers: g77 3/22 14-15; w70 575-576
for pets: g85 3/22 31; g84 7/8 29-30
Greek Orthodox: g68 5/22 19
Hindu: g77 2/8 20-22; g68 5/22 16-17
history and customs: w63 73; ln 34; g63 11/22 21-22; g62 9/8 24-26; w58 575; g57 3/22 21-22; g51 6/22 17-18; g48 2/8 21-24; g40 5/15 26-27; g37 9/22 821
Islam: g68 5/22 17-18
Israel (ancient): g77 8/22 11
Japan: g76 8/8 20-24; w70 191
Jehovah’s Witnesses: yl 65; km 5/67 8; g65 9/22 7; g63 11/22 23; g62 9/8 24; g57 3/22 22-23; w55 349; g48 2/8 24; g47 3/22 26; g41 3/5 16-17; af 56
discourse: g79 8/8 8, 10-11; w59 447-448; g48 2/8 24; g47 3/22 26; g41 3/5 16-17; af 54-63
remarks about the deceased: g79 8/8 10
services held at any appropriate location: g79 8/8 8; w78 6/1 7
songs for beginning: g79 8/8 8, 10
things to avoid: w78 6/1 7-8
who may perform: w78 6/1 7-8; km 5/76 8; km 11/73 8
Jewish: w61 581
kings of Israel: w76 416
Mass denied priest who married: w79 9/15 31
memorial service after burial: w78 6/1 8
merrymaking: w78 6/1 6
mourning: w85 4/15 23-25; g84 5/8 22-24; w80 3/15 5-6; g79 8/8 8; us 52; w77 344-346; g77 3/22 14-15; ts 61-62; g74 12/8 26-28; g68 2/22 19; g64 7/22 3; w63 73; ln 34; g62 9/8 24-26; g61 12/8 30-31; w58 575; g48 2/8 22-23; g40 1/24 19; g40 5/15 26-27
wearing black: w80 3/15 6; w58 575
Nigeria: w78 6/1 6-7
Parsis (Parsees): g68 5/22 18-19
Peru (ancient): g78 8/8 22
Philippines:
Bagobo tribe: g78 7/22 23-24
planning for one’s own: g76 7/8 17-20
prayer by unbeliever: w62 575-576
proposed satellite coffins: g85 5/22 30; g84 8/8 30
Protestant: w61 581
Puerto Rico: g54 1/22 18
purpose: w77 346-347
quoting Genesis 3:19: g77 3/22 15
reburial of dead: g65 9/22 22-24
rites: yb77 162; ts 61-62; g74 12/8 26-27; w69 390-391
second funeral rite: us 52
suicides: w77 346; w75 447-448; w59 447-448
Suriname: w80 7/15 13, 15
Sweden: g61 12/8 13-14
throwing soil into the grave: g78 3/8 15; g77 3/22 15
Trinidad: g54 9/22 20
universal custom: w77 344; ts 22
Uruguay: g70 7/22 25-26
wakes: w80 3/15 6; w78 6/1 6-7; us 51; yb77 162; g77 3/22 13-14; g77 9/8 19-21; g74 12/8 26
when congregation would assume responsibilities for: w80 3/15 7
Witness’ unbelieving relative: w77 346