Seeger died Jan. 27 at age 94; no services were planned. But Libby Funeral Home in Beacon held a reception yesterday.
By early afternoon, more than 1,000 people had visited the funeral home, where an urn containing Seeger's ashes was displayed along with photos and Seeger's wood-splitting maul.
At one point, a packed roomful of people sang "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," one of the early folk ballads penned by Seeger.
His family hosted the reception at the funeral home, where two rooms were decorated with numerous quilts, photographs and memorabilia, said Seeger's granddaughter Isabelle Blossom-Seeger.
The singer-songwriter, political activist and environmentalist was known for such folk classics as "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "If I Had a Hammer."
Blossom-Seeger said a memorial concert will be scheduled some time this summer.