Choking to death on your own vomit is what you consider a painless death? I hope you have a painless death.
> A DNR is not an order to cease basic life-support post-resuscitation.
And no one said it was; no one even hinted at it.
> For which of these does he deserve to suffer for, more than he has already?
The first, the violation of her express written wishes that led to her "painless death".
Sadly, he's dead, which means his suffering has ended. The rest of us get to continue remembering until we too pass.