I read the hometown newspaper every day, and of course I turn to the obituaries. There have been some real interesting ones lately, and on a sad note, one of the very interesting ones was for an old friend of mine. I hadn't seen him for a long time, but in reading what he's been up to since the 1980s, he continued being a funny, generous, and outgoing man. I won't post his obit here, however.

Some of them go on and on, and clearly they didn't have any editorial help in sorting them out. Then there are the pithy ones--(this is a nice example).

I read one this morning that, if you had to distill it down to a few words, says it all:

Lois M. Gavin

Lois Gavin was born January 7, 1926, in Stockton,
California, and passed away March, 3, 2005, in Marysville,
Washington.

She loved her kids.

For myself, I'd of course like to have the family include some of my more interesting jobs and passtimes and interests, but if they could only write one thing, this would be it--"she loved her kids."

Is anyone else an obit reader, and do you have any memorable ones? (And just think--if it's really good, it can become a song, like Tom Lehrer did with "Alma")

SRS