It’s an estate and it’s a legal matter. Public knowledge.
Actually, you are correct. Now that I think about it, this kind of information used to be found within a certain section of the newspaper. They would also list recent marriages, divorces and who’s starting what kind of business where?
Since I am a Man w/o a paper these days, it stands to reason I would see such info online now, whether I was expecting to see it or not.