What do they do with the body if someone dies and they can't be buried for a week or two?

Rick has a huge family. There are funerals about twice a year.

Rick’s aunt died last week. She was his dad’s sister. His dad is 94. She was about that old too.

Every funeral, with the exception of one last year, is an open casket. Shudder.

Rick had a nephew who was only 42 and he died unexpectedly of a heart attack while running last year. It was a shock, let me tell you. The family was somewhat scandalized that he was cremated, so I expect there to be an open casket for his aunt. Shudder.

Well her son has been dying too. They decided to wait until he passed as well, before having his mother’s funeral.

It’s been a week and a half. He just died yesterday. Looks like his mother’s funeral will be on Tuesday. I don’t know if they’re having a funeral for them both at the same time.

So, what did they do with Rick’s aunt’s body all of this time?

I’d been to about 2 funerals in my whole life before I met Rick. All of this just blows my mind. Both my parents died after I met Rick, and they were cremated.