Obituaries are notices that someone has died... but, more importantly, they are messages about who and what the dearly departed were all about, how they were woven into the fabric of life. A simple announcement, a bold statement of fact... 'This Person is Dead', evokes innumerable emotional responses in those who read it; and serves as a rallying cry to everyone who shared in the life now ended. On another level, an obituary is a work of art offered to the memory of the deceased.

• The Post offers Researchers an opportunity to celebrate those, now departed, who have had an
  influence on their lives by posting their own compositions on
  The Obituary Page.

• Not to
  overlook the important role played by the cherished animals in our lives, memorials to our
  dearly departed pets may be posted on the
  Pet Cemetery Page.

• And lastly, because one day we all must move to the office upstairs, to which seniority
  inevitably entitles everyone, there is the
  Do-It-Yourself Obituary Page,
  where Researchers, mindful of the burden that would otherwise befall their loved ones, may
  lighten the load by remembering themselves... themselves!

John The Gardener

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