***** body was laid to rest at sunset in an unmarked family crypt, joining a long line of lauded ancestors. The canals were illuminated by hundreds of small floating candles. 

****** eulogy had been poignant and the size of the congregation bore testament to how many lives, this larger-than-life character had touched, despite ***** seclusion. There was not a dry eye when they said their goodbyes, pushing the small glowing vessels out into the fading light across the water.