Algernon Black was an Ethical Culture Leader, working with the New York Society for Ethical Culture.  He had a very strong interest in social justice work and also liked working with/ talking to children.

First, we would wish that those we love, those close in family
and friendship, the neighbor and fellow worker, should
understand what we lived for, our values and intentions, what we
meant by our life at our best, seeing our faults and mistakes
with understanding and generosity. We would want no eulogy or
apology either.

Second, we would wish that our life had made a difference. We
recognize how little one individual and one lifetime can mean in
the totality of the generations. But we wish that because of us
the world might be a bit different and a better place for
humanity -- with some lessening of fear and hate, some increment
of good in humanity's struggle for a better life, something
enduring beyond the finality of personal death.

Third, we would wish that those we love, whose lives are close,
should not be confused or lost or depressed, unable to face the
years ahead. Rather would we wish them the courage and faith to
face the future with a clear sense of direction and concern for
each other. For our life is tested in death by the way we
prepared our loved ones to live without us, liberated from
dependence upon us, free and strong to make a life when we are
no longer there beside them.