funeral
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After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Durham Police and Durham County Council will work with a local undertaker to perform a funeral later this month, with the child to be buried in Bishop Auckland cemetery.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
A state funeral for Khamenei was initially announced but could ultimately not be held because of the war.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Whittaker caught a flight to L.A. and was at the senator’s hospital bedside when he died and then served as a pallbearer at the funeral.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
But I’d never heard of the dead sitting up in the funeral home, at the viewing, in front of all the mourners, and wailing his or her fool head off!
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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