The Amish don't fear death. This is perhaps their most radical difference from the modern world.
Why They Don't Fear
Faith: afterlife is more real than this one. Gelassenheit: accept God's will. Experience: death is part of farm life (butchering, animal deaths, crop loss). Children see death early — it doesn't shock.
How They Die
At home, among family. No hospices. No resuscitation (if God decided to take — don't resist). Final days: family nearby, prayers, silence. Death — quiet, dignified, in one's own bed.
After
Body prepared at home (see 'Funerals'). Three days. Community comes, helps, comforts — through actions, not words. No professional mourners. No 'he's in a better place' — that's obvious.
Grief
Quiet. Amish grieve — but not for show. Widow wears black for a year. Then — normal life. Remarriage — normal and encouraged (especially with young children). Grave — simple, like all. Grief is private. Life continues.