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===Memorial services<!--'Memorial service' and 'Memorial services' redirect here-->===
{{see also|Memorial service in the Eastern Orthodox Church}}
[[Image:BrochureMemorialSvcWilliamMcKinleyInsidePagesNashuaNH09191901.jpg|thumb|Order of exercises, local memorial service in Nashua, New Hampshire, for U.S. President [[William McKinley]] on September 19, 1901, following his assassination]]

A '''memorial service'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--><ref name=":104">{{Cite news|url=https://funeralprintings.com/a-funeral-program-for-the-memories-of-the-deceased/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007184931/https://funeralprintings.com/a-funeral-program-for-the-memories-of-the-deceased/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-10-07|title=memorial service|date=2020}}</ref> or '''service of remembrance''' is one given for the deceased, often without the body present. The service takes place ''after'' cremation or [[burial at sea]], after donation of the body to an academic or research institution, or after the ashes have been scattered. It is also significant when the person is [[Declared death in absentia|missing and presumed dead]], or known to be deceased though the body is not recoverable. These services often take place at a funeral home;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memorial Service vs Funeral {{!}} Why Choose a Memorial Service|url=https://www.honanfh.com/memorial-services|access-date=2021-04-22|website=www.honanfh.com}}</ref> however, they can be held in a home, university, town hall, country club, restaurant, beach, community center, pub, workplace, hotel, museum, place of worship, townhouse, hospital chapel, health club, sports field, performing arts center, cemetery chapel, an urban park or other location of some significance. A memorial service may include speeches (eulogies), prayers, poems, or songs (most particularly hymns) to commemorate the deceased. Pictures of the deceased and flowers with sometimes an urn are usually placed where the coffin would normally be placed.

After the sudden deaths of important public officials, public memorial services have been held by communities, including those without any specific connection to the deceased. For examples, community memorial services were held after the [[assassination of James A. Garfield|assassinations of US presidents James A. Garfield]] and [[assassination of William McKinley|William McKinley]].