My grandmother always said a lady's name should only appear in print three times, when she's born, weds and dies. My mother used to tease her by calling it "hatched, matched and dispatched". My grandmother never even appeared in print for the charity work she did and was upset because my mother appeared in the paper for hers all the time.
I alweays think of my grandmother when my name is in the paper for Women's Club, UDC or DAR events.
I know what you mean. I have been in the paper twice and I haven't died yet. Funny isn't it? All these years and I would hate to see my name in the paper.