since there was no one willing , or capable it seemed , to go about the business of preparing the old man for his last , long stay , the lawyers had no choice but to act ( the body had lain in state at ballengers funeral home until an open casket was out of the question and the undertaker was on the verge of ripping out what remained of his fringe of hair ) , and they finally sanctioned interring the body in the first floor of the greenlawn mausoleum before sitting back to wait , many somewhat nervously .