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I am sorry for your loss. You made the right choice... classified advertising are (were) the most profitable section of a newspaper and to rip off grieving family members, even more, should be criminal!
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I'm not an expert, but I've done enough family history to know the value of an obituary. It links an individual with the past (parents) and future (children) and usually more generations. It gives information on burial and sometimes personality. I believe obituaries are worth the money spent and feel if one is not published, it leaves no historical proof a person existed.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
When my mom died I wanted a newspaper obit w photo. She would have liked to be remembered in the way her generation did it.
The funeral home took care of it all, included in their package. I emailed my final "draft" to the director w a photo. It was in the paper 1 Sunday and also the funeral home put it online. Also online thru the newspaper's website.
You just have to ask yourself if it's important to you or family as a remembrance.
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When my motherinlaw died this year, the funeral home took the information and posted an obit on their website for free. We inquired about sending an obit to MIL’s hometown paper but it would have cost $750. More for a longer write-up. Nothing for free (in the newspaper). We just went with the funeral home obit and let everybody know.
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I am sorry you have to go through this. Some forums for
an obituary are unreasonable in the price. I notice that my
clients use the services of the funeral home they use; or
publish in a neighborhood paper that is free or reasonable
An obituary is important and helpful to outsiders. I search titles as part of my practice and often use Obits as the source for locating heirs or verifying the passing of an individual. It is a good way of making a record that your family member was a part of the community; but I
would find an alternate to the large regional newspaper.
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