stretched Simple English Meaning

...tretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black,and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony,just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said,Wait just a minute!> She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in thecasket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled itaway.> Her friend said, I know you weren--t fool enough to put all that money inthere with your husband.> The loyal wife replied Listen,...