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How families create meaningful memorial services across different beliefs

My sister and I are planning our father's memorial service, but she wants something traditional and religious while I want something that reflects who he actually was, which included questioning organized religion for most of his adult life. We both loved him deeply and we both want to honor him, but we can't agree on what that looks like.

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