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 disfellowshipped: km 3/97 7
whether to conduct for non-Witnesses: km 3/97 7
whether to conduct for notorious criminal: km 11/89 3
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