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The Homer fund paid up to $10,000 for a funeral, so that is not an issue.
What about LH? Doesn't she exist?
According to the article, this took place at the time funeral arrangements were being discussed, which means it was before they knew the Homer Fund was going to pay for the funeral.
As I said in my first paragraph, perhaps the brother thought it was something he could do to help JRH and LH out so they didn't have to think about bill paying at that time. And that's why it's important to note that the article says "took control" of the finances rather than "was named Power of Attorney" because it's possible that he only "took control' as in, accessed online banking to send bill payments, rather than having 100% control over every single dime they had.
When someone dies, people do a lot of things to help out - they bring food so a family doesn't have to cook, they offer rides so a family doesn't have to drive or worry about gas/car maintenance, they babysit children so the parents can take care of things without having to look after kids, they help with household chores. It's not unusual to think that a sibling would offer to take care of financial matters for a time, especially since JRH was incarcerated.
The only thing we have for reference here is the article that says Baygents took control of the finances. We don't know what "took control" actually means in this situation.