A memorial service is the gathering of the deceased's family and friends to honor the person who passed away or do religious rituals and ceremonies pertaining to the life of the person who passed away...it is really unnecessary because the dead has literally nothing more to do with the activities of the living ones...therit is that family and friends will do for the memory of the deceased person is no longer of any importance.
Funeral is the rendering of the last glimpse to the remains of the person who passed away.
Maya Angelou's funeral or memorial service will be held in early June.
memorial service or funeral = halvayá (הלוויה)
Maya Angelou's funeral was a private ceremony with the guest list not disclosed to the public. It is unknown who spoke at her memorial service.
There was no funeral or memorial service, as per Cary's own wishes.
No, just a memorial service.
Interment, inurnment, memorial service
For information on the memorial service see http://engineering.ucsb.edu/events/335
A funeral (if the body is present) and a memorial service (if it is not.)
A very short memorial service which consists of just the end of the regular funeral service in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Joh'vonnie Jackson (born August 30, 1974, Michael's half-sister) was at the service.
Yes, Joe Jackson did attend his son's funeral.
Elegy