At one time (way before mine), GLoTX used to require that a Lodge of Sorrow be opened at the Lodge and the ante-burial service read before each Masonic funeral, and the LoS called from labor. The Brethren would then repair to the church or cemetery, perform the burial service, and then return to the Lodge, call the LoS back to labor, and close it. Needless to say, this took at least half a day for each funeral.
Now we have the option, which is exercised by every Lodge with which I'm familiar, of opening a LoS after the new officers are installed and reading the ante-burial service, then calling the LoS from labor for the remainder of the Lodge year. Minutes are generated for each Masonic funeral occurring during the Lodge year. At the end of the year, the outgoing officers call the LoS to labor, the LoS minutes are read and our fallen Brethren remembered and honored, and the LoS of that year closed.