Good for you for going. I know how hard it is to set foot in a KH after you've left, and it was very good of you to stay as long as you did afterwards to be there for your friend. I'm sure your presence gave him alot of comfort and strength. Not only did he have to deal with his father dying, but he had to endure being made to feel 2" tall by that outrageous "talk". That "brother" should have been spoken to afterwards about his apalling behaviour!
I'm going to soon have to go to a KH for my uncle's funeral. I swore I would never go to a KH again, but after my last visit with him, I will go. Not looking forward to that either, he's hard core JW and I can just imagine what the "talk" will be all about - his service to Jehovah, his stand for no blood etc. I don't think I'll hear much personal about his life. *sigh*
BB