March 2002
The Director - Features
Funerals are a Last Rite of Passage, and a Service to Those Who Live
"All that Michael's father would ever say, whenever he had anything at all to say about it, was, 'When I'm dead, just cremate me.'"
Funerals are a Last Rite of Passage and a Service to Those Who Live tells the story of a man named Michael faced with the challenge of fulfilling his father¹s wishes while providing a forum for the healthy expression of grief for family and friends.
The article was written by Thomas Lynch. Lynch is the author of The Undertaking, which won The American Book Award and Heartland Prize for nonfiction, and Bodies in Motion and at Rest, which won the Great Lakes Book Award. He owns are operates Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors in Milford, Michigan.
