Galyardt 1

Elizabeth Galyardt
Mrs. DeBock
Block 1
November 12, 2014
Annotated Bibliography
York, Sarah. Remembering Well: Rituals For Celebrating Life And Mourning Death. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Print.
Death is a common and known all too well. In the early colonial era death was a very
common. Life was hard for most and it was especially hard for the women whose children did
not make it to early childhood. Almost no house was without a lumber supply to make coffins.
Funerals in the early ages usually consisted of just family and friends. They would all get
together and help wash and layout the body in a handmade coffin. The wake would often be
held in the best room of the house or a parlor. Afterwards, when the wake is over the family
members would carry the coffin to a grave site and buried in the ground. Now, as the years go
on the funeral industry has become a big business. Coffins have now become luxury for the
dead. Bodies are now embalmed and restored to their former glory with embalming fluid.
Bodies can also be cremated and their ashes can be spread around. While death is an all too
common thing it is also widely accepted and unstoppable force of nature. The reason this article
is relevant because it explains what funeral customs were like in American then and now.

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Perl, Lila. Funeral Customs: Death in America, Then and Now. Dying to Know-- About
Death, Funeral Customs, and Final Resting Places. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century, 2001.
43-58. Print.
Remembering the dead is always a hard thing to do. At the time of death of a
love one, families are lost, not knowing what they are supposed to do. This is where the funeral
directors come in, they plan and organize the funeral so the clients have one less thing to worry
about. They offer the families comfort and care while honoring the body through the clients
demands. The families who are mourning for the death of a love one dont speak through words
but through grief. They speak through crying, talking, rituals tributes and facial expressions.
For centuries, religious traditions have gifted society with rituals for expressing feelings and
peace. Now, in the new era such traditions are now considered awkward and irrelevant. Through
religious and spiritual belief families remember the death of a love one. This article is relevant
because it explains how families go through the grief process.

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Work Cited
Perl, Lila. "Funeral Customs: Death in America, Then and Now." Dying to Know-About Death, Funeral Customs, and Final Resting Places. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century,
2001. 43-58. Print.
York, Sarah. Remembering Well: Rituals For Celebrating Life And Mourning Death. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Print.