The service focuses entirely on the concept of Christian resurrection. The Amish see funerals as a time of hope for what they believe is new life after death, observers say.

Private Funerals For Amish Children October 5, 2006 / 12:19 PM EDT / CBS/AP As the Amish prepared to bury four young victims of a horrific school shooting, they asked to be allowed to do so in ...

Amish burial customs call for simple wooden caskets - and a girl is typically laid to rest in a white dress, cape and white prayer-covering on her head, the victims' funeral director said. Forgiveness ...

Organ donation requirements can turn into quite a bit of red tape -- not to mention hours, even a day, of delay – for old order Amish, who practice long-standing traditions when mourning their dead.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials are rolling out special outreach to inform and protect these pastoral and insular communities.

Experts believe that some practices among the Amish — such as funerals and other gatherings — could have helped the virus spread in the community.

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Some sources state that the Amish funeral has remained essentially unchanged for 300 years. “I have been in hundreds and hundreds of their homes over the years.

The funeral is past and, if all goes well, we should be home by midnight. Have you ever witnessed an Amish funeral? This morning we arrived at the homestead where the services were planned to be held.

Amish bury schoolhouse shooting victimsThe daylong series of three funeral processions took the coffins past the home of Charles Carl Roberts IV, the 32-year-old milk truck driver who laid siege ...

A wagon bearing two small caskets covered in tarp rounded the corner, leading a funeral procession for two young Amish children just outside the small town of Manton, north of Cadillac.