Several scholars have proposed that the definition of “good death” is subjective. In particular, various studies have indicated that the idea of a good death varies from person to person. However, a common understanding of good death suggested that the body be treated with dignity post death. The works of noted anthropologist Sarah Lamb have shown that older adults in India worry about having a good death. Using Lamb’s scholarship, the present study seeks to understand how the notion of good death causes mental health anxieties among older women living away from their adult children. The sample population of the current study is older women living alone in the metro cities of India and whose adult children live in the United States. Based on qualitative interviews, the current study examines how religious beliefs, cultural values, and customs play a role in creating distress regarding good death among these older women in India. Finally relying on a sociocultural gerontological lens, the present study highlights the intersections between gender, mental health, traditions, and good death.