Guest guest Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I am moving and so am going through boxes. I found nada's obituary. Not sure if I should keep it? It's not exactly something you out in a scrap book (and I am not a scrapbook type of person anyway). I really don't know what to do with it. Throw it away? I don't know. Is this something my kids would be interested in later? I'm not sure what " normal " people are interested in. Nada was a fanatic about family history and antiques, me not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 , Your kids might be interested later. Obituaries are the kind of thing that people who get interested in family history like to have. However, if you don't keep it and they turn out to be interested they may be able to just look it up in the online archives of whatever paper published it. At 04:20 PM 07/12/2012 wrote: >I am moving and so am going through boxes. I found nada's >obituary. Not sure if I should keep it? It's not exactly >something you out in a scrap book (and I am not a scrapbook >type of person anyway). I really don't know what to do with it. >Throw it away? I don't know. Is this something my kids would be >interested in later? I'm not sure what " normal " people are >interested in. Nada was a fanatic about family history and >antiques, me not so much. -- Katrina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Since it's not much to save and it is a piece of YOUR history, I'd be inclined to stow it away somewhere where you keep family archive pages. You never know who might appreciate finding it late and putting a piece of their own history together. In fact, I might (because I am still actively recovering and want my voice and like to write) write my own obituary for her, for the record. Or not. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 OK thanks! I was very close to throwing it away. I will keep it until my kids are grown and see if they are interested. She actually wrote her own obituary with an insane amount of detail. I basically left it alone, just edited it slightly. > > Since it's not much to save and it is a piece of YOUR history, I'd be inclined to stow it away somewhere where you keep family archive pages. You never know who might appreciate finding it late and putting a piece of their own history together. In fact, I might (because I am still actively recovering and want my voice and like to write) write my own obituary for her, for the record. Or not. > > SR > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Historically speaking, the fact that she wrote it herself may be of interest. Personally, if I were in your place, IF I kept it, I would type a note to that effect and attach it. (I guess I only thought of this because I have a friend who is assembling genealogy for her husband's family, and came across an obit of an aunt-- and everyone was saying " that can't be HER " and " for heaven's sake, WHO would have written THAT?! " ) > > > > Since it's not much to save and it is a piece of YOUR history, I'd be inclined to stow it away somewhere where you keep family archive pages. You never know who might appreciate finding it late and putting a piece of their own history together. In fact, I might (because I am still actively recovering and want my voice and like to write) write my own obituary for her, for the record. Or not. > > > > SR > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Ha ha this cracked me up b/c I did have to edit out some stuff that was just ridiculous. > > > > > > Since it's not much to save and it is a piece of YOUR history, I'd be inclined to stow it away somewhere where you keep family archive pages. You never know who might appreciate finding it late and putting a piece of their own history together. In fact, I might (because I am still actively recovering and want my voice and like to write) write my own obituary for her, for the record. Or not. > > > > > > SR > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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