I don't think there's anything wrong with funerals, and that for some people it's a good way to say goodbye/get closure/get support from friends and family. It's just not a good way for [i]me[/i]. If it were only a handful of people I might go, but my mom knows a LOT of people and naturally me being the oldest child they'll all want to talk to me and that's just not going to happen. 

I might show up for the actual burial and then disappear before anyone notices I was there.