Funeral parlors are places where funeral directors have facilities to store and prepare corpses for burial or cremation. Some also have areas set aside for viewing the body or for small funeral...
In the old days, most homes had a "parlor" which was used only for very special occasions. One particular use was when a family member died, he (or she) would be placed in the parlor for the viewing....
Jeannine Deckers, the Belgian(not French, though her songs were done in French) So-called (Singing Nun) and her Lesbian Lover died in l985 in a joint barbiturate overdose. The two women are buried...