tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17094943.post3965944343784476678..comments2024-03-08T02:58:46.131-05:00Comments on Obituary Forum: Thieves chose targets based on announced funeral timesAlana Baranickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082695477704923748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17094943.post-14452151141356619462007-07-17T23:25:00.000-04:002007-07-17T23:25:00.000-04:00Clever thieves have been using obituaries - both s...Clever thieves have been using obituaries - both story form and paid notices - to plan their funeral capers for as long as I can remember. And believe me. I can remember many many years back.<BR/><BR/>They also apparently check for suggestions that the person had an illness for which they were prescribed heavy-duty painkillers - morphine and other drugs - that might still be on the premises.<BR/><BR/>I try to be careful when it comes to writing obits about folks who had extremely valuable collections of some kind - cars, antiques, baseball cards. <BR/><BR/>Whenever the collection is what made the person interesting enough to get the obit treatment, I ask the family what's become of the collection. <BR/><BR/>It's terrific when I can say that the deceased donated his fabulous collection of Model-T Fords to the automobile museum, sold the last of her Barbie dolls on Ebay or gave her rare books away to friends and family.Alana Baranickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082695477704923748noreply@blogger.com