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Peregrine Took

(7,583 posts) Mon Jan 6, 2014, 09:09 PM Jan 2014

Obituaries - just for the well-to-do? [View all]

I was looking up an obituary for a person who died recently and couldn't find one for her or her husband who died a few months before her.

This woman was in poor health for a long time, as was he, and I'm pretty sure there wasn't much money there in the end.

I wonder if poor people are just skipping that "nicety" of a printed obituary thinking that everyone close to them already knows they are sick.

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Obituaries - just for the well-to-do? [View all] Peregrine Took Jan 2014 OP

They do cost, elleng Jan 2014 #1

Yes, they can be expensive depending on their length. Peregrine Took Jan 2014 #2

I wrote a short one for my Gram.. they wanted nearly $300 for a few paragraphs Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2014 #3

Death notice or obituary? No Vested Interest Jan 2014 #4

Different newspapers have different policies. SheilaT Feb 2014 #5