Infer Meaning from Expressions in 'The Portrait of a Lady'

My grandmother did not pray for the first time during her illness.

The doctor told the family that her illness would pass.

The family tried to stop the grandmother from praying when she felt her end was near.

The grandmother died peacefully while praying.

The family left the grandmother alone to arrange for her funeral after a few hours of mourning.

The family used a stretcher to take the grandmother to be buried.

Thousands of sparrows were chirruping in the verandah and her room after she passed away.

The mother fed the sparrows with bread crumbs after the grandmother's passing.

The sun was rising when the family stopped half-way in the courtyard with the grandmother's body.

The family covered the grandmother with a white shroud after she passed away.