I've been an etiquette expert and writer for more than 15 years, and trust me when I say we broke every funeral etiquette rule in the book ... yet I knew it was exactly the funeral Tom would have ...

Dear Annie: A prominent man in my church died this past week, and his funeral was yesterday. When the church sent out an email blast to the membership announcing his passing, it gave the date and time ...

Funerals can be emotional and difficult, but there are ways to make them less overwhelming. Funeral directors suggest the family of the deceased set boundaries on interactions with guests.

But many people still don't know that Memorial Day has its own flag traditions and etiquette in the United States. The U.S. Flag Code is not what you might think of as a typical law, in that it's ...

That would be the reason you would go to the viewing and the funeral — not for you or the grudge you hold, but for them. (Good ex-etiquette for parents rule No. 6, “Don’t hold grudges.”) ...