Why are obituaries important?
They serve as a footprint of someone’s life story.
They identify who has died in a community.
They inform friends/co-workers of a time and place for the service.
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Why Do People Read Obituaries?
There are many reasons why people read obituaries. Most often, people skim obituaries on a daily basis, while others go directly to the content for which they are searching
Obitski shows the top 10 reasons why people read obituaries, as taken by survey:
- To see if anyone of their friends have died or have a death in their family
- To see the time and place of a funeral
- To see if there are any funerals in town that they should attend
- To see if any business peers might have died
- To see if their name is listed (haha, but there were several that said this)
- To see if anyone from their old school has died
- To see how busy the competition is (a lot of funeral directors responded in the survey)
- Realtors, estate sales, & remodelers all spoke of looking for leads
- Doctors and doctor’s office employees look for patients
- To see if someone they don’t like has died (this is sad!)