Wake & Funeral Mass — Monday, November 19 in Massachusetts
thanks, tdn - is there an on-line remembrance book?
I don’t know. I just pasted that from facebook. The friend that originally posted last week posted about the funeral just a while ago.
I haven’t really known what to say in this thread, but I find it very sad. Then I found this post:
I find it really terrible that he’ll never buy those new shoes.
It’s the little things like this that drive the awful reality home, sometimes, isn’t it.
I’m going to try and attend.
Oh, whoops. I thought it would be in Orlando for some reason. Nevermind. 
Tdn, for the love of God do not post an open link to any online rememberance book. The snack pitters will be all over it with ladle references. Limit it to people from this board you know and trust, and send it via pm or email.
I’m wondering if there will be an additional service in Winter Park. And maybe one in Japan.
That makes me wonder, if there are three separate services, if he will attend all three. And if his parents will. His service in Boston will be at a funeral home. Does that mean that he’s going to be there?
Not being well-versed in funerals, I don’t know the logistics of these things. I just hope that he’s buried in Japan. That’s where his heart was.
Got it. Thanks for the good advice.
I doubt, if his family is in MA then that’s probably where the only service will be held.
Not likely. They cremate here, and most people take the ashes back.
If it’s a funeral Mass as the FB post said, it will be in church and I’m assuming he would be buried in a Catholic cemetery? I’m assuming a lot from the Mass bit, though.
Apparently he is being brought back to Boston for the wake and funeral, and will be buried at a Catholic church at his alma mater. I’m guessing that his parents will be here. They live in Florida but I guess that they think of Boston as their true home.
As it turns out, he died in his sleep between classes. Of… sleep apnea? It sounds like no one really knows the cause.
The wake will be on Monday, the funeral and burial on Tuesday.
Catholic funerals don’t require the body to be present, nor a burial. I’ve been to funerals where the body had been donated, where it was going to be cremated, and to one where it was buried several countries away.
I removed the specifics of the information on Monday’s mass near Boston. If you want to attend, contact tdn for that info.
That’s not a “funeral” (Mass of Christian Burial), it’s a memorial Mass. My Mom’s memorial Mass was in CO for her friends there, as her body was on the way back to CT for her Funeral Mass and burial.
Not clear which is meant by the FB post.
http://www.saintwilliam.org/funerals.htm
Mass of Christian Burial with the Body Present: The preferred practice among Catholics.
Mass of Christian Burial with the Ashes Present: Having the body present during the funeral, followed by cremation, is the preferred practice among Catholics. If the body has already been cremated, the ashes are brought into the Church and are treated with the same dignity and respect as the body. This is NOT considered a Memorial Mass.
Memorial Mass with No Body or Ashes Present: This Mass is usually said when someone dies and is buried elsewhere. The Memorial Mass is held within 30 days of death so that family, friends, and the community may come together to pray for the deceased.
Just a bump. His obit is online with the funeral home now, should anyone care to post. I think most people who have posted in this thread know his name by now, so finding the obit is a cinch.
Obit says it was a heart attack.
This is so awful
Too young to be taken away by a heart attack.
Fuck balls, I’m just hearing about this via the facebook invite. I thought it might be a bad joke of some sort. It looks like this happened while we were still without power over here, so it slipped right by. Unfuckingreal…
So long, birthday brother – you’ll be sorely missed. God damn shame we never got to share that beer…