Reveries.com: Paulita Flores says her wedding site was beautiful once she got past the caskets, urns and cemetery views, reports Melanie D. Hayes in the Indianapolis Star (1/19/11). “At first, when I pulled up and saw it was a funeral home, it did concern me,” Paulita admits. “But when we walked in and saw everything, it was overwhelming. I fell in love and thought it was the perfect place. It was breathtaking, so it didn’t cross my mind again.” After all, the venue features “an elegant rotunda with marble floors amid glimmering chandeliers and a bubbling fountain.”
So, Paulita went ahead and planned her wedding to take place at the Community Life Center in Indianapolis, which “holds a dozen events each month,” not including funerals. As unusual as that may sound, holding weddings and other functions at funeral homes is gaining in popularity.