Ha, what a dry sense of humor the moment of death can render.
Here the old fart is dying and he's still chasing your a*s out of the house for once hammering on his door. Droll. One wonders if he does then hammer at the gates for St. Peter, or some such.
I think the way you frame death is tonic. I don't see any reason to be morbid about something that happens to all of us (probably many times, reincarnationally) and happens all the time. I remember delivering a eulogy at the funeral of a fallen comrade (motorcycle crash). A strange context to deliver inspiration, but I did. I looked at his body and knew he wasn't there, that a dead body is not a dead soul. So I spoke of his spirit, was spontaneously a kind of lay priest (the official Catholic one in attendance called me a good man), and marveled at the spirit of affirmation arising on a ritual occasion of mourning.
Indeed, "the ending of life is as mysterious and new as the beginning." In a strange way, holding on to that sense of mystery is a deepening mode of information.
Being mystic is to develop a knack for deepening and widening this essential sensibility.
"If I had a hammer/I'd hammer on my uncle's damn door. . ." "OUT, B***H!"
Hilarious black comedy, actually. Such is life.
O then we get some hauntings! I almost forgot! Hmmm, presto yer counter-haunt mojo! Hammer time!
F**king Hell!! That punched me between the eyes!! I really did not see that coming!! OH MY GOD! That was the worse thing I can imagine not only for the person who is being called b***h but the poor soul who could only think of hating on his death bed!!!!