Dad's friend passed...what should I do?
I don't know how to get ahold of his family to tell them how sorry I am, and how happy his friendship made my dad. Infact, he, his wife and my mom and dad were great friends. I found an address in the city where he lived, with his wife's name listed. I think its a "fairly" common name, so I'm not sure if its correct. If you were me, would you send a note anyways, and hope it is the correct address? I also found the phone number (switchboard.com) so, I'm considering calling. If its not them, I just don't want to disturb a stranger. Whatcha think? |
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| I'd send a note to the address you have for them. I'm sure she'll appreciate hearing from you. |
| Could you contact the funeral home for an address verification, or ask them if they could forward a note to them for you? |
Ron wrote: Could you contact the funeral home for an address verification, or ask them if they could forward a note to them for you?
Since it was a "Death Notice" and not an obit, it did not contain any funeral information. The Obits all have a cyber guest book you can sign, but the Death Notices do not. |
| Could you find his local paper online from Florida? Maybe that one would have a more detailed obituary.
Otherwise, I would just send the card. If it is wrong, I bet the other person with the same name gets mail for them often and would forward it. (If there even is someone with a same name in the same town!). |
got sheep wrote: Could you find his local paper online from Florida? Maybe that one would have a more detailed obituary.
Otherwise, I would just send the card. If it is wrong, I bet the other person with the same name gets mail for them often and would forward it. (If there even is someone with a same name in the same town!). Excellent point! Thanks! |
Ron wrote: Could you contact the funeral home for an address verification, or ask them if they could forward a note to them for you?
That would be my suggestion. |
| Local florist can often tell you what funeral home someone was buried from. I bet telling your story would get someone to pass on what information they do have. |
| I would only think in a small town people would often get other people's mail and then forward it. If it's a larger town or city, how would you know where to forward it (especially if it is a common name). Same thing with the florist. In bigger towns there are lots of funeral homes and lots of florists, so I don't know how much they would be able to tell you.
I say send a card/note to the address you found and hope it is the right one. |
| I just called the phone number I got from Switchboard. No one was home, but I got the answering machine. It is definately the wife's voice. (I am surprised I remember it after all of these years) I will give her a call over the weekend, and send a note. Thanks for your advice. |
I just spoke to the woman, and it wasn't her  Now, I'm back to square one. |
Oh dear. Anyone in the family know how to reach her?  |
| No, but at the bottom of the death notice was an email, I assume of the person who wrote it. I've emailed them hoping they will put me in touch with the family. |
| Yea! The obit person emailed me back, that she has forwarded my email (with email addy and phone) to the son. It will be good to talk to them. |
| Glad to hear you were able to track them down! |
| Rhoda (the man's wife) got my message and called me tonight. We talked for almost an hour. She was so thrilled that we could connect. It was wonderful to talk to her. And it felt so good to let her know, how her husband had touched my life, and my dad's. We exchanged phone numbers, so we can stay in touch. |
| That was such the right thing to do. |
Aww. I'm glad you found her and were able to talk with her  |
I'm glad it all got figured out. Good detective work.  |
| That's great, Deb. Good for you for putting the effort into finding her, too. |
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