I remember my aunt telling me how they bought an embalming kit at the general store to prepare my great-grandfather for burial (not orthodox); and my father often mentioned how they simply laid out the reposed on the table, as there was no money for funeral homes during the depression. I\'m not certain they still do funerals as my kinfolk did, the professional funeral homes are just too expensive to hold out for three full days of visitation. (Even though they weren\'t Orthodox, there was something about keeping the body company during those first three days)
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