Re: Wedding enlivens funeral home
Actually, propping the corpse up is a very old tradition. If you look at a lot of those old west photos, the corpse is often standing. It's just not something that is much done anymore in our culture. As for having the corpse viewing in the family home, this was often done in the days before funeral parlors. If you think about it, churches were often multifunctional as the school, town hall, church, etc. They could not just be dedicated to church functions such as visitations and funerals.
