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Beware newspaper death notices
I was reading a death notice in the paper this week for someone I used to know. It listed the wife, sister, brother and wife, children and then grandchildren.
I was surprised to see 6 grandchildren as I only knew of 4 but figured I'd not been told about the last 2. I asked someone who knew the deceased and was informed that the last 2 grandchildren were dogs.
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LOL, HAHA!
My great grandfather was a big fish in a little pond and when he died, he merited a half page obituary in the local rag. It mentioned that he was survived by his two sisters. He never had a sister, he had two sisters-in-law who were living with him when he died. OC |
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Read it in the paper so it must be true -same goes for the internet!
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OC that's at least close.
Jill that is so true. I have to admit to going to a funeral a few years ago and all the (adult) grandchildren got up to speak as a group. Now I knew all the grandkids so was a bit surprised when there was an extra one. An elderly aunt of the family was more than happy to supply answers afterwards.
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At least it was the paper that got it wrong.
I went to the funeral of an old friend of my mother. It was only when the family members came in and I didn't recognise any of them that I realised I was in the wrong church. I felt compelled to sit it out as trying to leave could have been taken as disrespectful to the deceased and family. I bid a hasty retreat at the end and later wrote a letter to the daughter of Mum's friend, apologising for not attending, having been delayed by getting lost en route. Jay |
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Not in my case. I believe the paper was given the names and someone in the family included the dogs.
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