In a way it's a blessing. Yes, he was sick, and yes he was in pain, and yes he's "in a better place, now, dear," but it's more than that. He is in a better place, but it's so much more than everyone there could possibly know. They all mean well and the words are right but they don't realize the full truth of them. The war is only getting worse, after all. There's been more than a little spillover into the Muggle world: an entire neighborhood destroyed just the week before and more than one of the shops around St. Mungo's burned to the ground. There's been more than a little spillover. So, in a way, it's a blessing. It is.