Okay, I've started reading obituaries. Not looking for myself, or friends and relatives. Just morbid curiosity, I guess. I'm sure that the obit writers never knew the deceased. I'm betting that they have some fill-in-the blank forms and they get the details from the funeral home guy, with maybe a few nuggets from survivors. These survivors may or may not have been fond of the deceased.
For example, they might start with name (Modine Gunch), nickname (Meemaw), age (97), (died, passed away, was lifted on the wings of angels,). It would be more interesting if they let the friends or relatives do the whole job. Name (Modine Wilson Jackson Smith nee Gunch; she wore out and outlived a few husbands.) Nickname (Pooter, Old Yackety Yak, Klepto.) Age (no one knows, maybe they can count the rings during the autopsy.) lies a'mouldring in the grave. She spent her entire life making others miserable, and she did it very well. Survivors (she outlived them all.) Funeral arrangements ( if anybody gets around to it, we'll let you know).
Probably wouldn't hurt to write your own, instead of leaving it to the whim of some hack writer or your distant relatives who outlived you. Puff it up a little, like you used to do on your resume. Who's going to call you on it?
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