How are funerals selected?
Taking into account the needs and desires of the survivors, most people select funerals that will memorialize the deceased individual and provide a socially significant time for survivors to mourn and pay tribute to the fact that a life has been lived. Obviously, the funeral is for the living, not the dead. It allows for a transition of the survivors to a different life, without the deceased. It permits a psychological outlet for grief to be expressed. Quite often, ethnic or religious considerations will determine funerals selected by survivors.
