Funeral expenses for Mom an Ed

Yesterday on May 3rd I lost my husband, an my best friend.....This journey has been a roller coaster for almost 40 months. Tuesday I was forced to quit my job as he cannot be alone now, an Tuesday also was the day that I last saw my mother. She passed suddenly Wednesday, at the age of 68. My sister Paula an I, like most women and their mothers, had a love hate relationship. We tended to stay out of each other's life, only talking every few weeks. Our last meeting ended on a good note. My mother's oldest sister found her. She called the police...and then no one else. You see this sister helped my mom out financially, from time to time buying things for my mom, taking her places. She is not rich but not hurting either. I met with the funeral director, with this aunt the following day. As my mom had no POA or will my sister an I are her only heirs. I made the arrangements and signed the dotted line to pay. My aunt handed me $320, (which paid for my mom's obituary) said she she had taken from my mom's acct. before the bank froze it...I should have seen the red flags then, but I was so overwhelmed by everything going on in my life.I asked her if she had my mom's keys and she replied "yes but I can't find them. I was so upset, I think they are at my house." The next day I went to my mom's apartment to start going through her stuff, to dole it out between my sister and I and the 8 grandchildren. What I found was my mom's oldest sister helping herself, she ransacked my mom's apartment. When I confronted her she knew she was in the wrong she was shaking so bad. She said she was legally responsible for the apartment...(the apartment was in my mom's name only) I said whatever but you are not entitled to what's in it!!! She finally handed over the keys and said I'm done, you do it all!!! An left....of course she was done she had taken pretty much anything of value, including a gold coin left to my one son by his grandfather. I will post the pics so you can see how  she left the apartment. She took end tables, cleaned out my mom's fridge of all food save water an some tv dinners, all my mom's personal papers, collectable knick knacks, pictures, and that's just what I have seen. My sister an I are devastated. But it gets worse, I remembered a conversation with my mom that last day she told me what she had in the bank and was planning on buying a new couch, it was confirmed by my sister who had access to my mom's acct. My aunt walked away with $500. But she wasn't done yet, she blocked me an my sister from my mom's Facebook acct. All my mom's posts, her pictures, everything .When I told her I was going to the police she brought all the food from the fridge an freezer including a 1/2 pint of milk, an the mail, my mom's purse, and put it in my mom's car, an locked it up. She then went Saturday to the funeral home an dumped a bunch of pictures with the funeral director, Elizabeth Reed, who has been nothing but gracious throughout all this, I thank you. I went to the police, and they were like sorry, that is a domestic issue, you have to sue her in civil court to recompense what she took. So in essence she stole from my family and is going to get away with it. With what she has done, me quitting my job to take care of my husband who is dying, and raising 2 tweens, I am forced to choose what to cut to even put a down payment on my mother's cremation. I have heard horror stories about stuff like this but never thought I would have to experience it. The amount I need to get them to start the cremation is $881. I have started a go fund me page to see if anyone could help, in anyway. My mother would be horrified but what has transpired with her sister and what she has done,but it can wait I just need to get my mom cremated, and give her the proper farewell to celebrate her life❤️ Thank you in advance. Below are pictures of what my mom's apartment looked like after my aunt took off.