My ex girlfriend’s uncle had his funeral at home. Obviously he went to a funeral home for embalming and preparation but they took him back home for the visitation and funeral etc.
We sat there in the dining room and played cards not 10 feet away from his casket the night before the funeral.
Up north during the winter time when the ground is frozen they have to keep the dead in storage until the ground finally thaws.
When I was a child all wakes were held in homes.
There would be a large flower arrangement on the front door and a “Silence” sign on the sidewalk in front.
We kids wouldn’t dare make noise around a house where a wake was being held-—in those days we usually did as we were told.
This was an Irish neighborhood so it wasn’t so quiet as the evening wore on and the mourners started to party.