Still don't see any connection to vampire funeral rites. Now, this may appear odd, and hopefully not even those prone to suspicion will find this odd, but I do know a bit about proper vampire burial. First of all, you want to make sure the vamp is dead. Its head should be removed from the body for good measure. Pretty crass, huh? The heart should be removed and be burnt or the chest be pierced with a pointy stake. In fact, the heart, regardless of whether or not it has been removed, should be staked to the ground. The spike may be wood, but metal, especially silver, is preferable. If you want to bury the vamp, I'd prefer to let it crumble to dust in bright sunlight, you do want to shackle the vamp's corpse with silver chains, and ideally the coffin should have a silver lining. All that ensures the vamp is secured properly according to lore of the ancient. You may want to fill the coffin with holy water, just in case. The head, if you have not let Yellow Face annihilate it, should be buried separately from the body, the mouth stuffed with garlic and bricks. Furthermore, you should liberally salt the burial grounds. Personally, I'd shove the vamp into a tanning pod and set to "crispy" and let the maid clean up the dusty leftovers. Better don't make any mistake. But what do I know?