is "family hour" at A funeral visitation for

[hisno1girl]

Family only?

The schedule says visitation from 2-8, family hour from 6-8.

I don't want to intrude on private family time if that's what that means.

[moolarkey]

Call the funeral home and asked. I've never seen that before so I'd have to ask the people that really know, the staff at the funeral home.

[LizLemler]

Feb 12, 2015 18:06:19 GMT -5 @smace said:

See, in my experience family hour is when the family of the decedent would be there to accept your condolences. Can you call the funeral home?

Okay, this make some sense.  I just thought, what the hell else could it mean?

[jlt19]

I'd call and ask. I've been to a few where we had family time before the wake started, but the timing of that was never "publicized".

[ZoeHart]

Normally I would say that it was a chance for the gamy to have a private goodbye. But the fact that it is publicized makes me second guess that.

[hisno1girl]

I called and asked and the lady said its when the family is there to greet guests.

The man that passed away was a family friend from church. He died on his 63rd wedding anniversary, the day after ours. We found out about his passing when we got back into town.

I spoke with his wife and she said, "I have walked my life with the Lord on my side until I met my husband and then he was on the other side of me. I prayed and prayed and God is giving me strength. I had 63 years with my husband. Some people don't even live 63 years and I had 63 with my honey. When it's my time to leave this earth, I'll go to heaven, Ill be with my husband again and I will be happy. Forever."

I held it together and then when to my car and bawled my eyes out. can you imagine the type of love they had for each other? I was amazed at how she was keeping it together, I would have been a wreck,

Of course, she was the type of woman who could work in 90 degree weather and never look sweaty of have a hair out of place. She and her husband dressed to the nines for church every Sunday and I never saw one of them without the other.

I'm rambling, sorry.