The American Funeral
- Helps confirm the reality and finality of
death.
- Provides a climate for mourning and
expression of grief.
- Allows the sorrows of one to become the
sorrows of many.
- Is one of the few times love is given and not
expected in return.
- Is a vehicle for the community to pay its
respects.
- Encourages the affirmation of a religious
faith.
- Is a celebration of a life that has been
lived well.
- Is a sociological statement that a death has occurred.