No, this was a traditional reception after the funeral. The friends put hot
chafing dishes and hot plates on the table without place mats and the like
.....mjh


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"Mike Hide" wrote in message news:R9c%b.59539
The table surface was ruined several years later when her
husband passed away and the table was set up for a wake by her friends
and
neighbors .


They laid the guy out on the table?