When someone passes away, typically, there are calling hours at a funeral home, then a funeral - both are open to the public. A repast is often held after the funeral and, although all attendees of the funeral are usually invited by the funeral director on behalf of the family, often only some attendees actually come to the repast. My question is how to handle logistics when there will be no calling hours or funeral. Instead, at some point after the deceased is cremated and services are restricted to immediate family, there will be a memorial service. Since the deceased is a fairly well known community member, it would seem appropriate to “open” the memorial service to the public but we’d like the repast to be more intimate - family and very close friends. How do we handle that?
Anyone else too wet for seed potatoes?