My Dad passed away recently, and my brother who happened to be home at the time, gave the information to the funeral home for Dad's obituary. Imagine my chagrin as a dabbler in genealogy, that he did not include my father's mother and father in the obit.... Just goes to show how this kind of stuff happens. Bonnie

Dennis & Bonnie French wrote: > My Dad passed away recently, and my brother who happened to be home at the > time, gave the information to the funeral home for Dad's obituary. Imagine > my chagrin as a dabbler in genealogy, that he did not include my father's > mother and father in the obit.... My uncle handled the details for my father, and as well as he seemed to know the family history, he apparently misspelled his own mother's maiden name. I stubbornly clung to that spelling for over a year before I finally eased up a bit and discovered evidence that there was a 't' missing from the spelling uncle gave. -- God help us all, The next President of the United States will be a liberal.

Dennis & Bonnie French wrote: > My Dad passed away recently, and my brother who happened to be home at the > time, gave the information to the funeral home for Dad's obituary. Imagine > my chagrin as a dabbler in genealogy, that he did not include my father's > mother and father in the obit.... > Just goes to show how this kind of stuff happens. > Bonnie > > (G) My GM did a sort of pre-registration at the funeral home of her choice. Fortunately, it was a small town, and when the time came, my mother referred the funeral director to me to verify what GM had said. GM had given them her late husband's birthdate, not her own. Stuff happens. Cheryl