text: My very Catholic (straight, Polish) father was denied a Catholic funeral because of his divorce and remarriage without annulment, but this was before Vat II and before annulments became fairly easily obtainable.  It was, nonetheless, very hurtful to his family who had witnessed him attending Sunday mass, without fail, every blessed week AND his generous support of both parish and school.  His non-Catholic wife/my mother never understood the harsh application of this rule, which made his death and burial so much more difficult.