I can totally relate to this, I live in Thailand and my father in-law passed away, he treated me like a son and I was truly blessed to have two dads. We were by his bedside every day, and I was there when I had to hug him good bye, knowing I would not see him to talk to ever again. Proceeding his passing away he had a budhist funeral which goes on for several days prior to cremation. He was kept in a refridgerated coffin, which had a glass pane in the top allowing us to see him everyday before his cremation. At first I thought it would upset my family in law to see him, but it seemed to make it a bit easier that he was still with us after his passing away and everyone could still see him.