> Eleanor, what Anita said below is probably the main reason an obit > doesn't show on the lists I send. When the undertaker submitted the > obit to the "Star"-"Times" newspaper office, the paper just ran the > obit in the next paper that was going to be published. (I think they > made exceptions, however, because there are a lot more obits published > in the "Times" than in the "Star" for years I'm looking at.) > > Starting in August 1911, "The Kansas City Times" printed a daily > column called: "Deaths in Kansas City." But the "Times" also published > a few other obits as a separate article and also published some obits > in the "death notice/funeral notice" section of the paper. Usually the > items in the "notice" section just has the date of death and date of > funeral; > but there are exceptions. (I recently found an obit for someone that was > in the "notice" section and not in the "Deaths in Kansas City" column.) > > I only review the "Deaths in Kansas City" column. To do the > death articles that are scattered on several pages would require a lot > more searching time. > > "The Kansas City Star" during the same period published their obits > as "articles" and they were spread out on two or three pages. They > also had a "death notice/funeral notice" section but again, the > information printed was minimal. At some point (I'm not sure what > year), the "Star" started to have a "Deaths in Kansas City" column. > > So the bottom line is: if you don't see the person in my obit lists, it > doesn't mean that the person did not die during that time period. (S)he > could be in the "Star" or in another part of the "Times." > > One last thought: back in the early 1900's, people who lived on the > Kansas side did not always have an obit published in the "Star" or > "Times" which are Missouri newspapers. > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anita Weaver" <sew_what_2000@yahoo.com> > To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 4:25 PM > Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Survey of your interest > > > > > > --- eleanormccain@attbi.com wrote: > > > > > > Dear Eleanor, > > > > I believe the > > reason obits sometimes appear only in the Star or > > Times is the time factor. The Kansas City Star and the > > Kansas City Times were basically the same > > newspaper--The Times being the morning edition and the > > Star the evening edition. Perhaps the obit didn't make > > the deadline for the Times, but was there in time for > > the Star. Sometimes the obit appeared in both or > > possibly the next day's Times. Hope this answers your > > question. John, please add or correct any of this > > information. > > > > Anita in Mo > > ========================================= > > > Do you know why some obits do not show in the KC > > > Times, when they have appeared > > > in the STAR? You ran your April 1922 list from the > > > times, but it did not > > > include Virginia (Jennie) Bowdon O'BRIEN who died 19 > > > Apr. 1922 (death cert. > > > conf.) - I do have an obit from The Star. Could > > > this be a matter of timing of > > > death? or personal opinion of survivors re the > > > paper? or, I am open to any > > > other suggestions! > > > > > > Thanks again, Eleanor McCain, Concord, NH > >