Lack of Memorial for Sirius (was Re: JKR's dealing with emotions)

[Lia]

No: HPFGUIDX 147681


fuzz876i wrote:     
In The Order of the Phoenix Sirius went throught the curtain behind 
the veil. When this happened there was no body to bury and so 
therefore no true reason for a memorial.  In the Half-Blood Prince 
Harry says that Dumbledore's funeral is the first that he has 
attended because there was no body for Sirius to remembered.  This 
makes me think that yes that someone that falls through that curtain 
might be able to return.  
 

Lia muses:
   
I interpreted some of this a bit differently.  
  
First of all, while I know that, in Sirius' case as opposed to 
Dumbledore's, there was no body around which to structure a funeral, 
I would find it odd if that precluded any type of memorial service.  
(For instance, my father wished to be cremated, and in addition, my 
mother didn't feel ready to hold a service until some months after 
his passing...yet, there was still a "true reason" for a memorial, 
so thus a service WAS held.)
   
I personally thought that the reason(s) surrounding a lack of 
memorial were similar to those surrounding a lack of formal 
christening for Harry, e.g., Voldemort's rise and/or return to 
power, surrounding fear, need for secrecy, and there being lots of 
work to be done, in essence.
   
 Just a thought...
   
 Lia, who thinks that Sirius shall not return, but still wonders 
much about the nature of the Veil...