Hi Craig,
I'm sorry your neighbor died today.
You know, with all of your experience's, & past training, you were probably the best person there to assist the family. Just being there speaks louder than anything you might have said. Things like this are always a jolting reminder that life is impermanent.

A Buddhist monk once wrote..."The pain of life is the pain of death, and the pain of death is the pain of life".

God Bless!
-Tim