Georgina Chervony Lloren was a woman who knew her own mind and she left strict instructions for what she wanted to happen at her own wake.  

Mourners were greeted to her propped in a red-cushioned chair and donned a gown from her second marriage. The 80-year-old's daughter said this was how her mother envisioned her wake.

Her daughter, Miriam Chervony, said her mother specified that this was how she imagined her wake.

The ceremony was held at Marin Funeral Home, Chiago, which is well-known for putting on unusual, thematic wakes. At one wake, a slain boxer was memorialized standing in a makeshift boxing ring. At another, the deceased was propped up on his motorcycle.