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  2. Hillsboro, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    55-34825. Website. www .hillsborowi .com. Sign for Hillsboro. Hillsboro is a city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,397 at the 2020 Census. [2] The city is located within the Town of Hillsboro. Hillsboro is known as the Czech Capital of Wisconsin .

  3. Death care industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The death care industry in the United States includes companies and organizations that provide services related to death: funerals, cremation or burial, and memorials. This includes for example funeral homes, coffins, crematoria, cemeteries, and headstones. [1] [2] The death care industry within the U.S. consists mainly of small businesses, [3 ...

  4. J. Vernon McGee - Wikipedia

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    McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, to itinerant parents, John McGee and Carrie McGee (née Lingner). His father held many jobs, his last one being an engineer at a cotton mill in Oklahoma, where he died in 1918 when Vernon was 14 years old. After his father's death, Vernon's family relocated to Tennessee.

  5. Hillsboro (town), Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Hillsboro (town), Wisconsin. Location in Vernon County and the state of Wisconsin. /  43.67972°N 90.36028°W  / 43.67972; -90.36028. Hillsboro is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 766 at the 2000 census. The City of Hillsboro is located within the town. The unincorporated community of Trippville is ...

  6. State funeral of John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    The state funeral of U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place in Washington, D.C., during the three days that followed his assassination on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. [1] Kennedy's body was brought back to Washington after his assassination. Early on November 23, six military pallbearers carried the flag-draped coffin into ...

  7. Home funeral - Wikipedia

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    A Home funeral is when a funeral occurs at a person's home, as opposed to a funeral home. Though rare since the advent of funeral homes, they were once common events, since washing and laying out the body often took place at home, as well as the viewing, the wake and the burial in the family plot. Some are now preferring to do this themselves.

  8. Living funeral - Wikipedia

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    A living funeral, also called a pre-funeral, is a funeral held for a living person. It may be important to the person's psychological state and also that of the dying person's family to attend the living funeral. It is also sometimes used as a time to read the will and explain the reasons behind some of the decisions contained within it.

  9. Funeral home - Wikipedia

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    Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media.