[Mr. Silverback]

I don't know what the policy of newspapers is when it comes to screening (or not screening) obits. It may be possible to put a false one in, or not, but there is a real body--bcsco confirmed that upthread by calling the funeral home.

Note that the obit is about the shortest possible obit and does not mention veteran activism. Hmmmm...

[bcsco]

I don't know what the policy of newspapers is when it comes to screening (or not screening) obits. It may be possible to put a false one in, or not, but there is a real body--bcsco confirmed that upthread by calling the funeral home....

Well, if you think about it for awhile, that's only true to a point. I confirmed there are two 'services' tomorrow. What the obit states is there's a 'memorial visitation' tomorrow. It posts the time as 9:00 a.m. which is when the family service is scheduled; not the public one which is at 10 a.m. Why not post both??????

A 'memorial visitation' implies a post-internment service so there may very well not be a body in attendance (no pun intended). OTOH, it could also be a service for a cremation, in which case the family could well provide the urn. I have a couple urns at home, here (empty, I might add), which could fill such a need. Wonder what would be in it?

[Jaysun]

I don't know what the policy of newspapers is when it comes to screening (or not screening) obits. It may be possible to put a false one in, or not, but there is a real body--bcsco confirmed that upthread by calling the funeral home.

Note that the obit is about the shortest possible obit and does not mention veteran activism. Hmmmm...

My current guess is that the woman mentioned in the obit is his mother.