'Extreme embalming' funeral goes viral

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Friday, June 13, 2014
Woman is guest at her own funeral
Miriam Burbank, 53, was posed at a table with a glass of Busch beer, a menthol cigarette and a disco ball overhead.

NEW ORLEANS, LA -- A New Orleans woman's funeral is going viral, as another example of "extreme embalming."



Miriam Burbank, 53, was posed at a table with a glass of Busch beer, a menthol cigarette and a disco ball overhead. Her body also sports a manicure inspired by the New Orleans Saints.



Burbank's family says the arrangement was well-recieved by friends.



"When I walked in, I feel like I was in her house and I didn't hurt so much. Because it's more of her, and it's like she's not dead. It's not like a funeral," Burbank's sister Sherline said." It's like she's just in the room with us."



No word on how Burbank died.

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