What happened to Snape's body after the war was won?

[nirupama76]

No: HPFGUIDX 191238

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> > Steve:
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> > Snape didn't have family to my knowledge, but that does not mean they just threw him in a ditch somewhere. It seems perfectly reasonably that his body was dealt with properly.
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Niru:

My feeling is that Harry would have taken responsibility for Snape's burial. Harry would have felt a certain amount of obligation to do so.  That he feels gratitude(?) towards Snape can be extrapolated from the fact that he names his 2nd child after Snape. That same feeling would likely have led him to take care Snape's funeral arrangements.

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> Thank you, I was hoping he wouldn't be left there being as Harry really knew he was a good guy at that point. Although I always wondered at that point he listened to Snape to go look at his memories as much as he hated him.
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Niru:

Considering the long history of animosity between Harry and Snape, I think it was remarkable that Harry even approached the dying Snape. It is one of the things he does that make Harry the hero of the story, the "good" guy if you will. 

However, he takes the memories to the Pensieve because at that point, he has seen how many people have died so far (especially Fred, Remus and Tonks). He wants to escape being himself. Escape into someone else's mind even if that mind is Snape's. I don't have the book so I can't say which page and so on. But this is in the The Prince's tale chapter (Bloomsbury edition). Plus Harry's usual curiosity is probably playing a role as well.