This chapter first furnishes the reader with a short survey of Swedish society in the period under investigation, roughly the 1880s up to 1949. It discusses the theoretical and methodological considerations that underpin the interpretation of the empirical materials drawn from a collection of stories and interviews about death-related rites. The theoretical concepts are linked together in order to analyze the interfaces of class formation, gendering, and secularisation. The class and gender analysis of the funeral dinner is used to exemplify that the analysis of identity constructions constitutes a necessary passage point to understanding death rites in the past. Next, the chapter analyses seemingly trivial issues such as the menu, religious practices, and mundane activities such as playing cards and alcohol consumption, as they appear in the stories of the participants themselves in order to expose their ritualised nature.