Jewish obituaries.

[Leo_Bloom]

@MsRobyn

This reminds me of an old joke.

Mrs. Weinstein’s husband passed away. She went to the newspaper to arrange for the obituary. The clerk explained that the charge for the obit was by the word and asked her what the obit should say. She replied, “Herb died.” The clerk said there was a five-word minimum, so Mrs. Weinstein thought about it for a second and said, “Herb died; car for sale.”

[Voyager]

@t-bonham@scc.net

A lot of newspapers now charge for publishing obituaries, and charge by the word. So peaople are keeping them short. Birth & death dates are rather superfluous anyway – friends already know about how old the deceased was, and the specific dates will be on the funeral handout. So that’s an obvious thing to drop when trying to cut down the cost.

I wrote my father’s about 6 months ago and first, they do charge, and second, I know of no rules about not putting in dates. The paper where he lived had a web site for it, and edited it for you, though you get to look at the proof before it goes in. It comes with a visitors page. You can pay extra for a picture, which I did.

In an unrelated note, our local paper ran an obit of a woman who died at around 40, with a picture taken some time ago. In a bathing suit, I think. You don’t usually see cleavage on the obits page.