What happens next?

How to photograph a funeral
Be sure that it is appropriate for you to go ahead and act as photographer at a funeral.
Simply assuming that it's okay to photograph a funeral is not appropriate. You either need to be asked to do so, or to ask for permission to do so.
Realize that photographing funerals is still not very typical, so it may be considered odd by many people attending the funeral. Some reasons as to why you might be photographing the funeral include : You may have been asked to capture memories for the sake of interstate or overseas relatives unable to attend the funeral.