Jehovahs Witness Funeral

[Donna1001]

My mum is a JW. My 3 sisters & I are not. My dad passed 10 years ago.

My mum is wanting her funeral service to be held in Kingdom Hall, which is fine but then how would she get to the crematorium? It feels a bit cold to just send her on her way without us, but neither do I want 2 ceremonies.

The options she has given me are

1. funeral held in crem with immediate family on one day. She would be cremated after this. Then a few days later a memorial held in Kingdom Hall followed by a wake. Having 2 ceremonies is not something I want to do at all.
2. funeral held in Kingdom Hall followed by a wake, but again how would she get to the crem?

She really wants a service in KH & I can do this if I can get my head around the transport bit.

Does anyone have any experience of a JW funeral, please?

I don't know anything about JW funerals but is there any reason that you can't have a family only cremation immediately followed by a Thanksgiving/memorial service at Kingdom Hall and a wake afterwards.
This is how a lot of CofE funerals are done here now since the local graveyard became full so no more burials allowed.

The only JW funeral I've attended was held at the crematorium, the JW minister equivalent held the service. It was no different to an ordinary funeral. I have no idea if an additional service of remembrance was held at the Kingdom Hall later.
Any funeral director could transport from the kingdom hall to the crematorium on the same day.

The undertakers who transport your mother's remains to the Kingdom Hall, then take her to the crem afterwards, following that guests to the wake. That's the same as all funerals that have some sort of church service before the crematorium. My mother in law's service was at the church she attended, then she went to the crem and the vicar did a short committal after which we were taken back to her house for wake.

I attended a funeral this week and the coffin was taken to the church then on to the Crem after the service, so would it not just be the same as that except going from KH to the Crem?

@ohtowinthelottery , I don’t want to sit through 2 ceremonies. My sisters agree with me on this too.

I was tying myself up on knots, & couldn’t think straight at all. Of course it’s the same as any church service which would be a cremation.

Think I understand how to do it now. Thank you for helping me to think more clearly.

Service and wake at Kingdom Hall. Coffin goes off with undertaker for cremation.

You collect ashes a couple of days later.

My relative was like that, as the crem was a long way from the church. It's more normal in rural areas I think.