A close friend of mine died a while ago. She was still quite young. We had known each other since our early twenties; she was godmother to my daughter. A Catholic by upbringing, although never devout, she gave that as her faith on her hospital admission form.
So I was a little surprised when her widower said firmly that there was to be “no God” either at her cremation or at the celebration of her life that followed a month later. Absolutely no reference to anything religious. I did not argue, for I had no right to do so. When the dead leave no instructions about funeral arrangements, those are left to their next of kin.
