When my maternal grandfather died in my sophomore year in high school, one wise thing that my father did was to insist that we boys take a hand in the digging of his grave - by hand. Also, we "sat up" with the body, which was kept in the home overnight.
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What was that night like?
What was that night like?
I do not remember too much about it. I did not have to sit up with the body.
was that the norm then to keep bodies in the home?
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