[RKDinOKC]

Oh, it's a memorial service that is more like a wake.

Friend was irish and they did the real thing for his service. Had a single bag pipe play green sleeves starting at the casket and walking off into the distance till you couldn't hear it. Wasn't a dry eye at the service. Then they had a real blow out wake party where everyone got drunk and had fun giving toasts telling all the shenanigans he pulled or was involved in.

Niece and her husband owned a large funeral home they they lived in. A gipsy king had his funeral there. The entire large group of gypsies stayed at the funeral home partying, eating, and dancing for a week. They said it was their ritual to pay repects to the old king and ringing in the new king. Neice said they let them basically take over the funeral home and there were people and campers everywhere for the entire week.