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The most elaborate of Athabaskan potlatches was the mortuary or funeral potlatch. [2] This marked "the separation of the deceased from society and is the last public expression of grief." [4] There were slight variations in the funeral and mortuary potlatches depending on the status or role of the member of the clan who had died.
It was founded in 1927 by the chevra kadisha, the Jewish community's volunteer burial society, as the Toronto Hebrew Funeral Parlour and functioned as a co-operative. In 1937, it acquired a building at 331 College Street, formerly the location of H. Ellis & Son Funeral Directors, where funeral services would be held.
In 1934, Bate Memorial Hall was added by Thomas Cameron Bate (son of Sir Henry Bate) in honour of the church's founder. The church also held the state funeral for Sir Robert Borden, in 1937. [4] In 2014, the congregation merged with St. Margaret's Anglican Church, Vanier, and the historic building was put up for sale.
Demonstrators gather near the U.S. Capitol on Presidents' Day to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's actions during his first weeks in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 17, 2025.
The Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division into four parts of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land. The Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca was organized in 1876.
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Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel is a funeral home located on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. Founded in 1898 as Frank E. Campbell Burial and Cremation Company, the company is now owned by Service Corporation International.