I just returned from a week in Salt Lake City and Provo. My wife’s nephew passed away at the age of forty-four, and we attended the funeral. I cannot remember when I felt more spiritually fed. The Spirit was strong, and we were comforted. It was not a secular funeral. It was a gospel funeral, a Church meeting. Mormon funerals are filled with hope, and a genuine testimony that the life after this one is real. Over the last fifty years I have noticed that because the saints have such a strong faith in the teachings of their church, and are not just going through the motions, their funerals are very different from others.
This is late because I just found this site. There are many, many good LDS sites and I am still finding more everyday.
It is true what you said. Even though there is sadness at a Mormon funeral there is hope. My Uncle passed away recently (not LDS) and the funeral was so different, as are all non-LDS funerals to a LDS member.
I lost a child and it was the knowledge of the Gospel that helped me through it and still doesthis very day. ( some people, even LDS people, can be very insensitive when one loses a very young child)