P4B, looks like you need to rephrase. This plot did not target the funeral, but the protesters. According to ABC news,

The student, 19-year-old Mark Uhl of Amissville, Va., reportedly told authorities that he was making the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service. The devices were made of a combination of gasoline and detergent, a law enforcement official told ABC News' Pierre Thomas. They were "slow burn," according to the official, and would not have been very destructive.
Full article here. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3201543