Sentence examples for funeral served from inspiring English sources

Similarly, last month's ceremonial pomp for Margaret Thatcher's funeral served to reinforce enduring symbols of British authority.

Kojong's death in 1919 sparked rumours that he had been poisoned by the Japanese, and his funeral served as the impetus for the March 1st independence movement.

Several photos purportedly showing members of the usually warring gangs posing together have been shared on social media, in an alliance apparently brokered by the Nation of Islam activists in honour of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal injury while in police custody and whose funeral served as the catalyst for the riots.

Nicholas Coppola, 47, has been an active member of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Oceanside for a decade, assisting the bereaved at funerals, serving at the altar and once a week teaching children preparing for confirmation about the faith.

I do believe funerals serve a purpose, but so does research into the diseases.

Because funerals serve a valuable function of helping the living acknowledge, accept and cope with the death of a loved one, children who are old enough not only can but should be included in funeral arrangements.

He did take some martial arts lessons from Bruce Lee, a friend at whose funeral he served as a pallbearer in 1973.

Such duplicitous bounders are the reverse of Charles, the bumbling, boyish charmer in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" who served as the prototype for most of Mr. Grant's celluloid bachelors.

His funeral home served 29 families between Sept. 21 and Sept. 30 – a higher number than usual.

I returned that day to bury my husband and the day after his funeral, was served by Capt.

In her newly released memoir Good Mourning, Elizabeth Meyer chronicles her career at an Upper East Side funeral home, serving clientele in the one percent.