In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ...

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is stated that Dumbledore's funeral is the first Harry ever attended. No funeral was ever held for Sirius Black as his body was never recovered.

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[ruturajshiralkar]

Sirius never got a funeral primarily bcoz at the time of his death, he was still a Wanted Criminal / Mass-Murderer. It was only after Fudge's acceptance about Voldemort's return, was Sirius finally declared innocent and absolved of all the Charges. In addition, his Body was never found and he had no-living blood relatives who would organize his Funeral.

[lesliepropheter]

No funeral for Serius Black but Harry still saw the invisible horses pulling the carriages

[natalieanimal]

I've only ever been to one myself, I don't even know what is done irl if the body can't be present for some reason. I assume some sort of goodbye occasion is still held for the people close to the deceased. But Sirius was still publicly considered a war criminal, so I don't suppose it would be done.
It reminds me of a bit from 19th century book from my country I read. It mentions a grave of a criminal that was sentenced to death. Apparently he was buried and someone even brought flowers, but they put no cross, since he was publicly considered a sinner. I wonder if something similar in wizarding culture would've been done if there'd been a body.

[callummcgilloway]

Well yeah he fell into some sort of portal after dying

[jacegatsby]

What about the one for Cedric in the great hall at the of GOF

[Mr_Potato]

I don't want to imagine how Harry would've felt during the funeral if it WAS held...