Funeral

The funeral for former Secretary of State Madeline Albright will take place at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, April 27.

The Orange County coroner’s office has been ordered to pay $1.5 million to the family of a homeless man whom they were told was dead — though he was actually still alive, and a different homeless man had been buried in their loved one’s grace.

A plea for help to honor a veteran who passed away with only a few friends resulted in a huge community gathering.

A 24-year-old slain rapper’s dead body was seen propped up in Washington, D.C.’s Bliss nightclub for his “last show.” Bliss management apologized for the event, saying they had no idea of “of what would transpire.”

Just 300 coffins remained in Hong Kong as of March 17 due to a recent surge in coronavirus deaths, a funeral industry spokesman said.

An actress in New York City lost her job from her theater company after complaining about road closures for slain Officer Jason Rivera’s funeral.

A close family member will adopt the newborn son of two Florida sheriff’s deputies who recently committed suicide.

Funeral services for slain Bradley, Illinois, police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic took place Friday. She was killed while responding to a noise complaint on December 30.

Police in southern China’s Guizhou province recently exhumed and cremated a woman’s corpse against her family’s wishes as part of their strict enforcement of China’s funeral reforms, which prohibit citizens from burying their dead to conserve land in certain regions, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported Wednesday.

Brian Laundrie’s cause of death, the young man who was Gabby Petito’s fiancé, has yet to be determined, the family’s lawyer told reporters on Monday.

A Bronx woman has been found guilty of using obituaries to target homes of mourners and then burglarizing the houses while families were at wakes and funerals.

Gabby Petito was remembered at a memorial service Sunday in Long Island, during which her father appeared to mention her relationship with her missing boyfriend, Brian Laundrie.

Two young boys in Batesville, Indiana, were photographed after they jumped off of their bicycles to show their gratitude during the funeral of 89-year-old veteran Charles Everett Yorn.

It has been over a week since more than 17 inches of rain swept through Humphreys County, Tennessee, taking the lives of 20 residents and hurting many more.

A county government in southwestern China banned residents from holding birthday parties and other celebrations starting this month as part of a frugality campaign by China’s ruling Communist Party.

Crematoriums in Delhi began using their parking lots for mass funeral pyres in recent days as they operate beyond capacity amid a relentless surge of new Chinese coronavirus cases and deaths across India.

Established wedding shops in northern India have been forced to sell cremation items in recent months as the Chinese coronavirus pandemic shifts consumer demand from marriage ceremonies to funerals.

Prince William asked for his cousin Peter Phillips to walk between him and Prince Harry during the funeral cortege, according to reports, suggesting there were continued strained relations following Meghan and Harry’s accusations-charged interview.

The Royal Family has revealed the vehicle the Duke of Edinburgh designed to take him on his final journey: a customised Land Rover hearse in military green.

Zimbabwe’s government on Monday banned families from transporting the bodies of people who recently died to their city of origin for burial — a local custom in the southern African nation — as part of an effort to control the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.

The funeral for the murderer of French teacher Samuel Paty saw the terrorist celebrated as a hero by locals.

Police and mourners clashed in Buenos Aires on Thursday at the funeral of soccer star Diego Armando Maradona as thousands of people physically competed to pay their respects.

A crematorium employee told a minister and mourners they could not say the Lord’s Prayer at a funeral because it is “chanting” which is banned under coronavirus laws.

A man was left “heartbroken” after a funeral director interrupted his father’s funeral to tell him to stop comforting his grieving elderly mother because of coronavirus social distancing rules.

Seven people were shot Wednesday afternoon at roughly 12:45 p.m. while preparing to go into a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, funeral home. 

Police in Peru arrested clowns attending the funeral of a colleague who died from the coronavirus in an increased effort to enforce lockdown restrictions and slow the spread of the disease.

Family and friends gathered this week to mourn five-year-old Cannon Hinnant, who was shot and killed Sunday in Wilson, North Carolina.

An anonymous donor offered to completely cover the funeral expenses for a Texas man whose wife died unexpectedly of a heart attack.

Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, leader of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, memorialized the late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) during Thursday’s funeral service by inserting the civil rights figure into a Bible verse which Christians almost universally consider a reference to Jesus Christ.

Would these awful people really risk their lives and gather this way (indoors!) if they believed they were risking their own lives?

A public memorial service was held Friday for a federal officer killed last month outside the Federal Building in Oakland, California.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said his organization should formally censure New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for singling out the Jewish community in a series of tweets over violations of coronavirus restrictions.

More than 100 people attended a funeral for an unclaimed veteran in Dandridge, Tennessee, on Saturday.

Two individuals were killed and two others were injured after an unidentified suspect opened fire following a funeral in Riviera Beach, Florida.

A Florida police department ensured that a homeless veteran who served during the Vietnam War received a proper send-off by inviting the public to his funeral ceremony.

A secret Santa in Rigby, Idaho, is making the holidays a little easier this year for a widow and her teenage grandson. 

More than 100 Community members packed a small church in Taunton, Massachusetts, to honor a veteran who died without family November 22. 

A pallbearer refused to shake Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) hand during the memorial service for Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is the first African American lawmaker to lie in state inside the National Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are expected to speak at the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’ funeral on Friday, according to reports.