In a message dated 6/1/2005 11:30:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, Suerobertaccio@aol.com writes: I remember as a child in the 50's and 60's, people discussing who would stay at the funeral home all night with the body so they would not be left alone until they were buried. I'd forgotten about that too! When I was 5 years old my best friend died. They kept her in the living room at home before the funeral and my dad was one of the people who sat up all night with her. That was in 1952. I don't remember them staying at the funeral homes, as both of them in Morristown were family homes as well as funeral homes. The families lived upstairs. Jill