Senior deceased..who gets the ring

by tulip
(canada)

I was very close with a woman, she was like a second mom to me. She had always wanted a ring and I bought her one. She lived in poverty. She also lived with her daughter. I heard that her grown grand daughter took the ring off her finger after she took her last breath. She then told others later what she had done.

I am not happy about this. I at the least would have liked her mother to have it. What is proper etiquette on this? Should I have not been given back the ring and then have the opportunity to present it to her daughter if I so chose.
Thank you so much