Possessives

• grandmother: But she's coming from her grandmother's funeral, and she has a few other dark secrets.

• father: TG: Really it was the vague memory of my father's funeral, it was all a blur to me.

• mother: We were responsible for the coverage at Princess Diana's funeral at Westminster Abbey, the Queen mother's funeral, the Millenium.

Converse of object

• attend: Colonel D N Lowe OBE DL attended the funeral on behalf of the Regiment.

• arrange: The cost of a return journey for you to either arrange the funeral, or go to the funeral.

• organize: He is not marrying, not fitting in, not settling down, not sticking around to organize funerals.

• conduct: The Rev David Lyon conducted the funeral at Accrington Crematorium on Wednesday.

Adjective modifier

• dignified: Do you require a dignified funeral at affordable prices?

• military: Where no identification is possible, the corpse is interred in a grave with a full military funeral.

Modifies a noun

• pyre: In the past, a widow had to jump into the flames of her husbands funeral pyre.

• procession: On 14th April the funeral procession passed through the nave of the Cathedral to the tomb already waiting in the choir.

• cortege: The funeral cortege was photographed passing through the center of the town.

• parlor: All the funny things going on in a funeral parlor.

• rite: The people were all very glad to be able to perform some of the proper funeral rites.

• oration: The passage given is Mark Antony's funeral oration over the corpse of the murdered Cæsar.

Noun used with modifier

• humanist: Humanists do not pray, tho humanist funerals will often include a period for silent reflection.

• pauper: The public house was also used for providing refreshments after a paupers funeral.

• Viking: Frankly after we had given him his Viking funeral, we missed having him around.