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Originally Posted by aquietpath
My father who lived with me recently passed away. He got tons of junk mail daily while alive, and is still receiving it. Any ideas on getting this to stop?
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My father passed away in early 2011 after a long and fulfilling life. My condolences on your loss.
As Personal Representative for the Estate of Mr. Blondebaerde, Sr. (and sole surviving heir), I dealt with a lot of that, too.
My solution was a bit flippant, but may have been "effective." I still get some of his mail to this day, though that's mostly stopped anymore.
First, settling the estate, I squared up with a few creditors. That was on-advice of my estate attorney. Not a big deal, though they were persistent not long after he passed. "Dead" is no excuse, seems-like. Once the estate was settled (a specific process, which varies state by state), I was only then obligated to respond.
Disconnecting his phone line with no forwarding number slowed a lot of them down further. Might not be an option for you, but it's really quite easy these days.
Filing notice with the US Post Office to a new address (mine) opposite side of the country foiled even more.
Selling the house, well: the new owners can deal with his mail, I guess. Dunno about that, if-applicable in your case.
The last, and somewhat-flippant (but inline with my Old Man's odd sense of humor, similar to mine): I sent away for a self-inking stamp kit in the mail:
"Return to Sender. Reason...(couple options. One is, "Deceased.")
I stamped everything that came to my mailbox c/o Mr. Blondebaerde, Sr., as "Return to sender: Deceased." End of story, bad pun intended.
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