Ok for children to go to funerals (Trigger)?

No.. Even if they do understand what 'death' is, it is still a very hard thing to see someone you once knew in life as a deceased person. I am 23 years old and recently I attended my little sisters BEST FRIEND'S funeral.. She died in a car accident due to the idiot driver drag racing with another vehicle... they were in a convertible and my sister's friend was thrown from the vehicle, smashing her skull onto the pavement on the highway. They had to reconstruct her skull and put fake hair on her head and still had an open casket viewing. It made me really depressed and sad to see that, and especially to see my sister and the way she was feeling.... I don't think that is appropriate for a young child to see. It botherd me at my age, let alone being very young and confused about everything.