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2. Pallbearer - Wikipedia

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   Pallbearers carrying the casket of Major Douglas A. Zembiec of the United States Marine Corps. A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral. They may wear white gloves in order to prevent damaging the casket and to show respect to the deceased person.

3. Pall (funeral) - Wikipedia

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   A funeral procession arriving at a church. The coffin is covered with an elaborate red and gold pall. From the Hours of Étienne Chevalier by Jean Fouquet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly) A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. [1] The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through ...

4. Coffin - Wikipedia

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   In that case, the funeral director usually sells the casket to a family for a deceased person as part of the funeral services offered, and the price of the casket is included in the total bill for services rendered. Some funeral homes have small showrooms to present families with the available caskets that could be used for a deceased family ...

5. Death care industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Since many people attend the wakes and funerals of Native Americans, funeral homes are rarely utilized. Additionally, floral arrangements are rarely used in the funeral procession or ordered by guests for the grieving family. [28] Funeral directors must understand that, at the burial, family members and friends assist in filling the grave. [28]

6. Burial vault (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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   A burial vault (also known as a burial liner, grave vault, and grave liner) is a container, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of metal or concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking. Wooden coffins (or caskets) decompose, and often the weight of earth on top of the coffin, or the passage of heavy ...

7. State funeral of John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia

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   Throughout the day and night, hundreds of thousands lined up to view the guarded casket, [4] [5] with a quarter million passing through the rotunda during the 18 hours of lying in state. [4] Kennedy's funeral service was held on November 25 at St. Matthew's Cathedral. [6] The Requiem Mass was led by Cardinal Richard Cushing. [6]