Kiwis making the weird news yet AGAIN!

[speediva]

Here's the article

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Johannes Fransen died two days before his granddaughter's wedding, but his family brought him along anyway - parking his body in an open coffin in the church during the ceremony.

The former gardener and father of twelve died while celebrating his 79th birthday last week, New Zealand Press Association reported Wednesday.

But the family decided he would still attend granddaughter Rachel James' wedding two days after his death, said Rachel's mother, Nancy James.

"We just went ahead with the wedding and put Opa's coffin at the side of the church," she said, referring to Fransen by the Dutch word for grandfather. Fransen immigrated to New Zealand from the Netherlands in 1950.

During the wedding reception, the open casket was placed at the end of the hall.

"He was just there ... and people went up to see him," Nancy James said. "It really helped everybody, including Mum who wanted to be with Dad."

Fransen was buried in the city of Hamilton, 330 miles northeast of the capital, Wellington, Wednesday.

He was survived by his wife, Dora, 12 children, 54 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

[jon@af]

yeah, that's kinda f-ed up. Could you imagine sitting next to a corpse during a momentus day such as a wedding?

[YogsVR4]

Thats an oddball thing to do

[Marco_Wrc]

Dutch people are not weird.
Anyway, shouldn't dead people be buried in stead of partying at a wedding?

[v10_viper]

at least it was only 2 days and not like a week or something

[Toksin]

I knew it was a bad idea to move here.

[SiRI]

Man that would be strange, attending a wedding sitting besides a corpse

Originally posted by saturntangerine
He was survived by his wife, Dora, 12 children, 54 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Holy crap, thats alot of freaking kids...

[Jimster]

I just feel sorry for the poor barstard.....................HE HAD TO BE BURIED IN HAMILTON

[taranaki]

Originally posted by Jimster
I just feel sorry for the poor barstard.....................HE HAD TO BE BURIED IN HAMILTON

Nothing wrong with being buried there,I'd rather be dead in Hamilton than exist there.

[Toksin]

Originally posted by taranaki


Nothing wrong with being buried there,I'd rather be dead in Hamilton than exist there.

Amen.

[primera man]

Strange

[pickle]

being from wellington i hope you all now understand why im so weird.

[Oz]

Originally posted by Marco_Wrc
Dutch people are not weird.
Anyway, shouldn't dead people be buried in stead of partying at a wedding?

:huh:

Damn freaky Kiwi's. Although what about the more 'male' effects of riga-mortis?