After several years of work, and almost 80 years after he vanished in waters off the Alaska coast during World War II, Capt. Gordon Ehlers has something of a final resting place at the Washington State Veterans' Cemetery near Medical Lake.
How loved ones depart this Earthly world for wherever they are destined is a journey as varied as the person itself.
Travel across the world, pick a belief.
"Historically the purpose of most religious funerals was to aid the deceased in their passage to the next life, and this remains an important factor for many," wrote Jennifer Uzell of the University of Durham in the United Kingdom.
There are no universally agreed death or funeral rites for Buddhists. In some Orthodox Christianity traditions services are held anywhere from 8 days to one year after death. Burial should take place as quickly...
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