funeral

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She volunteered for the United Farm Workers as a young woman, was arrested alongside Chávez and other activists at a Nevada Test Site protest in 1987 and attended his funeral.

From Los Angeles Times

He was given a public funeral in Tehran's Tajrish Square and reportedly buried without a head.

From Barron's

Looking back over my shoulder from the top of a hill, it seemed to me like a gigantic funeral procession.

From Literature

Large crowds gathered in central Tehran on Wednesday for the funerals of Larijani, Soleimani, and the 84 sailors killed when the US sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka earlier this month.

From BBC

When Chavez died in 1993 at the age of 66, his funeral resembled a final march for his legions of followers, and attracted an estimated 35,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal