pauper's funeral
Charity-funded interment service
A pauper's funeral is a burial arranged and paid for by the state when the deceased has no money and no family able to cover costs.
The term evokes minimal ceremony and an unmarked or common grave.
Also called a potter's field burial or public burial: He died alone and was given a pauper's funeral.
- burial ritesCeremonies for interring deceased
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- povertySevere lack of resources
- hard timesPeriod of difficulty
mourning customs · destitution · cremation · homelessness · charity · potter's field · unmarked grave · six feet under · social inequality · social safety net · welfare · memorialization · interment · grave markers · public assistance · eulogy · death rituals · religious ceremonies