'Human dignity:' 30 strangers attend Rockland funeral

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A woman died and nobody was planning to attend her funeral. Then a Facebook post went viral and 30 strangers showed up.



Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach leads a funeral service for Francine Stein as mourners help fill the grave, Wednesday, Aug. 17. (Photo: Marquis Home Care)

Jordan Fenster, [e-mail]
10:11 a.m. EDT August 19, 2016

About 30 people attended Francine Stein’s funeral Wednesday, none of whom she had ever met.

Her pall bearers were strangers — men and women she never knew carried her simple casket and lowered it down, shoveling warm earth into the grave.

If those strangers had not attended Stein's funeral, nobody would have.

“For the people who attended, it was an assertion of human dignity,” Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach said.



Mourners help fill the grave at the funeral service for Francine Stein Wednesday, Aug. 17. (Photo: Marquis Health Care)

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2016/08/19/human-dignity-30-strangers-rockland-funeral/88957616/

[TygrBright]

1. Thank you for the reminder.

There are way more decent people in the world than you'd imagine if your only source of information was news media.

wearily,
Bright

[rug]

2. This story reminded me I have a few people to call.