I was raised Pentecostal and was never exposed to Catholicism until I married Hubby. His whole family was Catholic. His aunt was a nun and his sister was a parish coordinator at one of the large churches here. I got to know some of the nuns and the main priest there pretty well.
I have been to full on latin funeral masses, Spanish funeral masses and out of curiosity stayed for a mass at the Santa Barbara mission which is the prettiest one I have been too. They still do old style masses.
http://www.santabarbaramission.org/
I always just sit and observe while all the Catholics do their thing. I love observing people period. Just enjoy it.
Personally I want to sit in back but the family will want to be as close to the front as possible. I’ll survive. LOL