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Bereavement

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2. From what I remember from my father's death...

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 03:06 PM

Oct 2012

The death notice was free, but the obit would have cost a lot of $$. We opted for just the death notice.

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The high cost of an obit [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP

are you sure they were not confused with an advertisement? hollysmom Oct 2012 #1

Not confused with an advertisement left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #4

From what I remember from my father's death... MiniMe Oct 2012 #2

Sadly I had to spend more than twice that amount in my community. Big Blue Marble Oct 2012 #3

wow--i hate to say it but it appears that the newspapers orleans Nov 2012 #7

Thank you for your thoughts on my Mom. Dem2theMax Nov 2012 #8

i recently went through the third yr anniversary of my mom's passing orleans Nov 2012 #9

My mom died in 06. Her obit was $980. proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 #10

+1 McCIoud Dec 2012 #11