No one to mourn the departed
I once saw a funeral nearby with four rows of empty chairs set on green carpeting adjacent to a mound of earth and a casket. A minister in a black frock was standing there with a single young lady and there were no other persons visible.It appeared to be in the middle of the service from the gestures and such and it gave me pause in our modern era of show and ceremony ...
Having no loved ones extant to the final duties marking the passing of the decedent is without question a somber thought.
It's easy to become estranged. Far too easy to become persona non gratis in that multitude of interactions comprising humanity. Too easy to earn contempt and that place outside the heart.
I can't decide whether it is worse to have no one or simply those who attend the final ceremonies out of disdain as is the case in some instances known to me.
All in all I think that we who have no one to mourn us might consider foregoing any funeary expense given the fact that funerals are for the living, not the deceased.
No one to mourn and no one to cry it's almost a shame that such a person still has to die.
In the sweet by and by perhaps it will all be different ... although, alas we may not all meet on that proverbial beautiful shore.