burial service

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The family then on to a private burial service, with a wake to be held afterwards at Leeds' stadium, Elland Road.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Someone suggested it might be time for a burial service, but Huneven had other ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Price, the chaplain, said the burial service at Arlington, even if nearly a century later, serves as a reminder of the true sacrifice those sailors and their families gave.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2023

The family hopes to hold a burial service for Puopolo in another month or so either in a family plot in Malden or the veterans’ cemetery in Bourne, Graham said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

He had been asked to speak at the burial service, but as it was his rule not to attend funerals he was unable to accept this invitation.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers