What to do with the clothes of the deceased?

At some point, everyone is faced with the need to decide the fate of things of a deceased person. And almost always doubts arise - leave, burn, just throw it away? Much depends on the affiliation of relatives to a particular denomination. But there are general considerations. We’ll talk about where to go and what to do with the clothes of the deceased, as well as with his other things.

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What is left in the inheritance?

Over the course of his life, a person is literally overgrown with things. He has a house in which there are furniture, some relics, books, albums with photographs. He has clothes and shoes - both old and recently bought. There is a favorite microwave oven and a cabinet left over from my grandmother, a beautiful vase and a do-it-yourself rug. What to do with all this, we can give you an answer.

In fact, all items left after the deceased can be classified:

• clothes and shoes;
• furniture;
• bedding;
• jewelry;
• items that a person carries with him;
• Appliances;
• do-it-yourself things;
• photos.

With each category of objects individually, it is necessary to decide what to do with the things of the deceased person.

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What to do with the clothes and bed of the deceased?

In the closet of any person after his death, a whole wardrobe will certainly be found, even if it seemed that during his life he constantly wore the same clothes. Can I wear these things? Relatives, probably, it will be difficult. But in the olden days, clothes were worn for many generations, elegant dresses were passed from grandmother to granddaughter, so there is nothing special about leaving some beautiful things.

However, something, of course, is better to get rid of right away. From linen and clothing in which a person died or died. They say that things accumulate in themselves the energy inherent in man during life. What is happening at the time of death, no one really knows, so it’s hard to say which guided and unknown forces are acting. Therefore, it is better not to take risks.

Important! If a person died after a serious illness, and the hospital gave you the clothes, things just need to be burned.

Some religions prescribe the storage of clothing in which a person died. This was sometimes done in Soviet times, if the relatives got shot through a tunic or cap. But in general, this should not be done, it is better to give these things to the museum.

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What to do with other clothes?

Things that were not worn on the deceased at the time of death can be done in three ways:

• fold in a remote corner of the cabinet and leave for a while;
• throw away;
• give out to those who need it.

What can be left?

You can save smart things or do-it-yourself things for posterity. For example, if my grandmother embroidered a luxurious blouse - why give it away? But don’t wear immediately. Let her lie in the chest for several years or even decades. Your granddaughter will ever get it with pleasure.

Over time, negative energy disappears, and for people who personally did not know the deceased, his things will not remind of anything. For your grandchildren, old exclusive skirts and shirts will become real relics, they will consider high-quality material and a strange style, admire the skill of the embroiderer.And who knows? Maybe this blouse will be the first exhibit in the new museum.

Important! Of course, it is better to throw away old and repeatedly sewn clothes. Moreover, without any rituals - put in a bag and just put it in the trash. It is possible to burn, if there are appropriate conditions. All this should not be left in the house.

Good clothes can be handed out. There will always be people in the world who, wearing a jacket or a warm sweater that they accidentally inherited, will remember with a good word both those who once wore it all and those who decided to share it with those in need. But the clothes should be:

• whole;
• clean.

Where can I take the clothes and shoes of the deceased? There are many such organizations. More willingly others accept old, but high-quality things:

• church;
• a shelter or heating station for the homeless.

In addition, you can choose good things and put, for example, on a bench in a neighboring yard or in the entrance of a neighboring house.

Important! Do not lay out the things of the deceased in your yard and especially in your porch - hardly anyone will take them, because the neighbors probably saw these things on your relative.

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What to do with furniture after the deceased?

As soon as we figured out what to do with the clothes of the deceased, it was time to move on to the rest of the inheritance. The main piece of furniture about which relatives of the deceased have to rack their brains is what he was sleeping on, that is, a sofa or bed. In this case, a lot depends on how the person died:

• at home on this very bed;
• in the hospital;
• died.

Important! Furniture, like other things, absorbs human energy. If a relative is sick for a long time and also suffers greatly, it is better to throw out the bed. Nowhere to burn? Then just take it apart and take it out as bulky waste.

And what to do with the sofa of a deceased person if death overtakes in a hospital? It all depends on your attitude:

• If a person was sick before this, it makes sense to remove his bed from the apartment, at least for hygienic reasons - the nature of many dangerous diseases has not yet been completely studied.
• If a relative was healthy, but died as a result of a car accident, an industrial accident - you can safely leave the sofa or bed of a deceased person at home. It all depends on the attitude of the rest of the household. It’s unbearable for some people to look at the empty place where the person they loved was sleeping before. For others, on the contrary, this item will mean a lot.

Important! The sofa itself in the event of the death of its owner somewhere else is not connected with the moment of death. If there is no consensus in the family, it is best to consult with the clergy of the denomination to which you belong. Perhaps he will conduct some rituals so that the memory of a loved one is less painful.

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What to do with bedding of a deceased person?

This, again, depends on a number of circumstances. Pillows, sheets and duvet covers themselves do not carry any energy, so if they just lay in the closet at the time of death, it is not necessary to throw them away.

Definitely, you should get rid of things that were on the bed at the time of the death of its owner. And it’s better to throw everything away:

• mattress;
• a blanket;
• a pillow;
• sheets
• pillowcase;
• duvet cover.

If a relative died, and the linen that he used usually lies with the bedding of other family members - nothing, of course, need to be thrown away. It is enough to simply remove the sheets and pillowcases and wash, unless, of course, you are afraid that these items will remind you of the deceased. You can do the same with the bedding of a person who died in a hospital. You probably already washed all this, so it’s not at all necessary to remember which sheets were on the bed when the ambulance took her owner away.

Important! If the deceased used his personal linen - you can do the same as with clothes. First of all, you need to disassemble the contents of the cabinet, separating the shabby linen from the good.Throw away the shabby, the good - take it to the overnight stay or the nearest Christian parish, where it will certainly find application.

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Other furniture

Do not be upset if for some time after the death of a loved one his beloved chair will seem empty to you, and no one dares to sit down at the table for a long time. It should be so.

The only way out is that places that seem empty should be taken by other people. The sooner this happens, the better.

Important! Furniture, which the deceased especially liked to use, should “dissolve” among other objects.

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Personal items

The personal belongings of the deceased can and should be left. It can be:

• jewelry;
• instruments;
• awards;
• collection.

Over time, all this will become family heirlooms:

• Rewards - always save. And you and your children can continue to replenish collections. Stamps, badges, postcards, calendars, watches - the value of all this grows with time, although you may not want to think about it now. But such things certainly must be left, in extreme cases, you can transfer to the museum.
• A box with grandmother's jewelry will probably sometime cause great interest in your granddaughter, even if the jewelry itself does not represent any material value.
• And if the deceased loved to wear gold or silver rings and earrings? Especially worth leaving. In the most extreme case, if you do not want these things to remind you of a relative, you can give them to a jeweler and remake them with other jewelry.
• You can also leave leather wallets, handbags, bracelets, other things in good condition. Something can be given to the friends of the deceased - it may very well be that they will be pleased to keep a cigarette-case or vase.
• A separate topic is tools. They can be both a relic and something of practical importance. This is decided individually - a planer made by a skilled cabinetmaker for himself and ordinary garden shears are things of a different plan. So they should be treated, that is, carefully stored or worked, as your relative worked.

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If you are afraid

A living person tends to be afraid of death. If things of the deceased cause you discomfort, but you do not want to throw them away, perform a rite of purification.

How to clean the energy of clothes of the deceased? The method depends on what you believe in. Christians of all faiths usually invite a priest to the house, who will read a prayer befitting the occasion, sprinkle the atmosphere with holy water, and the negative energy will disappear.

Important! Similar rituals are used by some psychics. They have their own methods, they can cleanse objects of bad energy by fire, smoke, water. Each method is good if it allows family members to calm down and continue to live a normal life.

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In this article, we figured out the question of what to do with the clothes of the deceased. We hope that you will soon be able to recover from the loss, and those things that you decided to leave nevertheless will be for you only a bright memory of a dear person.