Dana, Something similar happened to me not long ago when a close family member passed away. A complete stranger posted her obituary on the site several days before she was buried. She would have been horrified that she was listed as buried when she wasn't (yet). I was horrified that detailed information about survivors that I thought was only going to be published in a small town newspaper and on a very small, rural mortuary's website was posted on Find-A-Grave. I asked the person who created the memorial to remove the obituary (which she did), then I asked Find-A-Grave to transfer management of the memorial to me, which they did. I suspect if more people knew how accessible obituaries are today, there would be a lot less information about survivors in obituaries. Connie > I was shocked to find someone had put > my brother on findagrave when he died last week. The > information was taken from the newspaper and he was NOT > buried. He was cremated and we don't even have his ashes > yet. I am still sorely tempted to ask them to remove it. > Erroneous and disrespectful in my opinion. > > Dana >

Correction: I didn't have to go through Find-A-Grave; I believe the first step is to ask the person who created the memorial to transfer it to you, which in this case the person gratiously did. Connie Sheets <clsheets1@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dana, > > Something similar happened to me not long ago when a close > family member passed away.  A complete stranger posted > her obituary on the site several days before she was > buried.  She would have been horrified that she was > listed as buried when she wasn't (yet).  I was > horrified that detailed information about survivors that I > thought was only going to be published in a small town > newspaper and on a very small, rural mortuary's website was > posted on Find-A-Grave. I asked the person who created the > memorial to remove the obituary (which she did), then I > asked Find-A-Grave to transfer management of the memorial to > me, which they did. > > I suspect if more people knew how accessible obituaries are > today, there would be a lot less information about survivors > in obituaries.  > > Connie > > > I was shocked to find someone had put > > my brother on findagrave when he died last week. The > > information was taken from the newspaper and he was > NOT > > buried. He was cremated and we don't even have his > ashes > > yet. I am still sorely tempted to ask them to remove > it. > > Erroneous and disrespectful in my opinion. > > > > Dana > >