I'm of a certain age where I am more likely to be sitting on the back row at a funeral than reprising the Macarena at a wedding. I'm also old enough to have a ...

Can you provide any tips on how to write an obituary? My dad, who has terminal cancer, has asked me to write his obituary, which will be published in the funeral program and run in our local newspaper ...

CULPEPER, Virginia -- I don’t mean to rush things, but there are good reasons you might write about the person you were when you were alive, well before your obituary is actually needed. Frivolous ...

Can you provide any tips on how to write your own obituary? At age 80, I am in the process of preplanning my funeral and would also like to take a crack at writing my own newspaper obit too. For many ...

When most people think of death notices, they imagine dry, formulaic paragraphs. These seem to be written by an undertaker with a thesaurus. But, there’s a hidden world that sees this as a form of ...

An obituary may well be the hardest thing to write. It has to be composed in a hurry during a period of bereavement. Those closest to the person who died may not be in a condition to write it. The ...

The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is known for many things. Most notable, probably, is his financial acumen that has amassed him a fortune north of $139 billion. But at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual ...

DEAR ABBY: Recently, my wife suggested I write my own obituary (I am almost 80) as her parents did. Because I remember dates and places she didn’t know, I drafted the document. Everything in it is ...