![]() ![]() If you're not close to the family and loved ones of the deceased, you might feel like an outsider. Introduce yourself, but don't push to front and centre It's the people that are left behind … you're going there to support them," she says. "You're not always going for the people that passed away. She says while the focus of a funeral or memorial is the person who has died, the event is really more for those still living. Leanne Orr is a civil celebrant in Hobart. "I think when you come away from a funeral where you were in two minds about whether to go, you always say, 'I'm really pleased that I went'," she says. Ms Lamberg-Burnet generally thinks you should always go to a funeral if you have the chance. ![]() "We felt so good at the fact that people make the effort," she says. She says she found it very touching to see people she hadn't seen in many years turn up for her mother's funeral. Julie Lamberg-Burnet is the founder/director of a Sydney-based etiquette and protocol school. ![]()
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