"The Funeral"

1972 Wilhelm, Kate [Katie Gertrude Meredith] (1928-2018). “The Funeral.” Again, Dangerous Visions: 46 Original Stories. Ed. Harlan [Jay] Ellison (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972), 218-41 with an “Introduction” (217) by Ellison and an “Afterword” (241-42) by Wilhelm. Rpt. in her The Infinity Box: A collection of speculative fiction (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 288-318; in More Women of Wonder: Science Fiction Novelettes By Women About Women. Ed. Pamela Sargent (New York: Vintage, 1976), 175-213; in In the Field of Fire. Ed. Jeanne Van Buren Dann and Jack Dann (New York: Tor, 1987), 157-68 with an editors’ note on 158; in Women of Wonder: The Classic Years. Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Ed. Pamela Sargent (San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1995), 263-87; in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 47-67; 2nd ed. ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 47-67; and in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 23-58, with a biographical note on 474-476 and a note on the text on 479-481. PSt

Post catastrophe dystopia with society divided into castes. The center of power is the schools and teachers hold great authority, and children are under the complete control of the teachers. The old resent the young and had most of them killed three times in the past. Female author.