"It's nice to give something like flowers to someone who is grieving for someone they have lost".
OK, Mike, totally agree about flowers. You said 'a present' which is not at all what I think flowers for someone who has died represents.
I give flowers to friends whose beloved dogs have died, not because it's going to help the dead animal, but just as a way of saying "I'm so sorry that you're without Rover". Many of us feel more distress at the death of our dogs than any human being in our lives.
But I expect many would find such a gesture bizarre also!
