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2. Embalming chemicals - Wikipedia

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   A mixture of these chemicals is known as embalming fluid and is used to preserve bodies of deceased persons for both funeral purposes and in medical research in anatomical laboratories. The period for which a body is embalmed is dependent on time, expertise of the embalmer and factors regarding duration of stay and purpose.

3. Pall (funeral) - Wikipedia

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   A funeral procession arriving at a church. The coffin is covered with an elaborate red and gold pall. From the Hours of Étienne Chevalier by Jean Fouquet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly) A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. [1] The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through ...

4. State funeral of John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia

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   The pallbearers bore the casket to the East Room [36] and placed Lincoln's catafalque, also previously used for the funerals of the Unknown Soldiers from the Korean War and World War II at Arlington. [39] Jacqueline Kennedy declared that the casket would be kept closed for the viewing and funeral. [40]

5. What happened to Steve McNair? The true story behind the ...

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   Pall bearers arrive with the casket for a funeral service for Steve McNair on July 11, 2009, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Nashville Police Department ruled after an investigation that it was a ...

6. Pope Francis refuses glitzy burial — opts for wooden casket ...

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   The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic Church that scraps lengthy, garish funeral practices his ...

7. Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions - Wikipedia

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   Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions (formerly the Aurora Casket Company) is one of the largest manufacturers of caskets and funerary urns in the United States, selling over 38% of the country's caskets as of 2005. The Aurora, Indiana–based company is a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Matthews International.