OoP: What was the Point of this Death? And Phineas ??s

[Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 62136

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> And, finally, the last thing that bothered me about the death was 
the 
> total lack of acknowledgement.  Does wizard society not have 
funerals?
> Or some sort of ceremony (even in this case if it had to be secret 
> given Sirius' legal woes) to bring together the people who cared 
> about the deceased?

me:
At the time of Sirius's death, he was supposedly still a ruthless 
criminal at large.  Admitting that he was present, fighting, and 
dying on the behalf of the good guys would open up a whole can of 
worms that the ministry probably wouldn't want to deal with 
(especially with the absence of a body).  Also...another war is 
starting.  Anyone who was friends with Sirius or who cared that he 
died is currently VERY busy fighting LV.  I suspect that once the 
war is over and everyone gets sorted out, they'll take stock of the 
comrades they lost accordingly.