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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 191298


> > Stephanie:
> > I know JKR said that Harry made sure Snape had a picture in the
> > headmaster office but did he make sure Snape got a proper burial?
> 
> Allan:
> It died in the Shrieking Shack and that is where it is....
>
Pippin:
The Shrieking Shack was opened by Voldemort and so no longer sealed off. I presume there were DE's whose job it was to tidy up after their master, so Snape's body was probably transformed into something else and disposed of. I think, much as I would like to believe otherwise, that he *is* dead -- unless of course, like Sherlock Holmes, his author has to resurrect him out of desperation.  May she be spared such a fate!

People don't always get the honors in death that they deserve. Mad-eye didn't, and neither did Dobby, although Harry did the best that he could for them. I think he would have wanted Snape's body buried honorably, and if he didn't get to it in time, he would have buried the phial of memories, the way he buried Moody's eye. 

An interesting sidelight on this: JKR investigated her ancestry for an episode of the British series "Who Do You Think You Are?" . She discovered that her grandfather, who won the Croix de Guerre fighting for the French in WWI, now lies in a communal grave.  JKR was deeply distressed to think that her family had lost touch and allowed this to happen. 

Pippin