Some days being the obituary clerk really sucks
About a month ago I went to my every-two-months hair appointment. While there, Val my stylist told me all about the new woman she hired. Her name is Heather and Heather is everything my stylist could ask for...hard-working, proficient, stable, knows how to present herself in a professional manner...I thought she'd be a great person to have on staff.
Today I got a file full of obits to put in the system. Heather died in a car wreck on July 2.
I called Val. She is taking this hard.
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When I used to be an undertaker, sitting down with families and writing the obituaries was part of the job. HOLY-CRAP, you wouldn't believe how hard it was to herd cats sometimes to agree to a sensible, just, and non-defamatory consensus sometimes! And often they were people that I knew, and grew up around.
Sorry though about your friend. 
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