Whoa, that was a fancy sendoff.
St Augustine wrote more than a thousand years ago that funerals provide far more comfort for the living than benefit for the dead.
If Teddy made his last Confession of every damned thing he did & received absolution, no one’s to say he’s not in a better place, though Jesus said, “By their fruits ye shall know them”.
“Hey there Mary Jo, guess you never thought you’d see me again, ha ha!”
Ted was king of the left, Catholic Royalty.