Twenty-first Century Virtual Funerals....

..... Virtual Funerals? Shocking? Debasing? Unfeeling? Cold? Ole' Pecoz thought all those things when I first read about them being introduced in England. Then I got to thinking and doing a little Googling and reading --- Maybe not such a bad idea after all. How many funerals do we miss because it's too far - to short a notice - or too time consuming and expensive to get to.

I've missed close family funerals for all of those reasons...from Florida to England to Massachusetts. Seems to me like attending on line would be better than not attending at all. Here is one Virtual Funeral service advertised on the Internet:


OUR SERVICES TO FAMILIES Online-Funeral recognizes that due to travel and other constraints that not every one that would like to, is in fact actually able attend the funeral service and visitation at the funeral home. Through the power of the Internet we are providing a service that allows relatives and friends often in distant continents to view the service on stored video and actually see “live“ coverage of the visitation through cameras that are placed in the visitation room of the funeral home.

To see the whole site, go to: http://www.online-funeral.com/funerals.htm

With the cost and time delays of travel increasing geometrically -- this is something we may see a lot more of in the near future. What's next - Virtual Weddings? Virtual Anniversary Party's - nah no parties?

We all thought that the 20th Century - from first Automobiles to landing on the moon was exciting --- imagine what this new century will bring!!