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Don't forget that obits are usually written by family members or the executor of the estate who has to publish the death notice in at least 2 newspapers.
Where is that rule from? A friend of mine just passed in Sept. and there were no death notices as she didn't want one...one or both of her sons were executor.
Mr. {John} Galaxy died {month, day, year understaood}.
He was predeceased by his family.
He is survived by {my spouse}.
He had no childen.
He lived, he died.
At his request, a private funeral will be held.
No visiting hours.
If you really wish, donate in his memory to a charity of your choice.
His favorite charity was the Food Bank of {county}.
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Originally Posted by R_Cowgirl
Don't forget that obits are usually written by family members or the executor of the estate who has to publish the death notice in at least 2 newspapers. Where is that rule from? A friend of mine just passed in Sept. and there were no death notices as she didn't want one...one or both of her sons were executor.
Simple: There has to be "public notification" of a death, preferably in the newspaper. That is so ANYONE who may have a claim against the estate will be "notified of the death" and can proceed accordingly.
It was perhaps poor in taste, but certainly not outrageous. It's not as if it read: "known around town as a 'sure thing' in her youth -- and rumored to be able to suck a billiard ball through a garden hose -- she was famed for stating that her sole regret in life was not having the pleasure of strangling the life from the newly born young of a certain mammalian species."
Absolutely shocked somebody got away with such a disgusting obit. Glad to see others joined in the ridicule and offered their own obits in the same light.
Mind would read:
Extremely thin in her youth she gained weight after multiple surgeries and long recoveries.
Still she had a successful career as business owner and landscape designer. She was generally respected and liked even though she frequently was seen around town in dirty jeans and sweaty glow with dirt under her finger nails and mud on her shoes. She had her Alzheimer's stricken mother in her family home for more than 10 years but this made her grumpy and sometimes unsociable. She used to give wonderful parties but had to stop after her mother stripped down naked in the middle of a party because her favorite appetizer was gone. Besides that she was a good mother, a tolerant wife and lived a full life.
I agree. I really never understood what the point of obituaries are. When someone dies, their family and friends find out relatively soon. Who else would or should care enough to read about their life and how many family members are still alive?
The point of an obituary is to sum up and remind you of a life that you have some familiarity with but are not so closely associated with that you know all about them.
For example, I hadn't given Colleen McCullough a moment's thought in at least two decades. However, I greatly enjoyed her work and read about her life with interest, once it had been pointed out to me in an obituary that she had died.
I sincerely hope her obit was intended to be funny.
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