The price of obituaries?

Thanks so much for taking the time to write & advise. My daughter echos the scammer part. It’s a memorial service with visitation. She donated her body to a good, local medical school. We had to schedule it late to get family into town.
She planned it & paid for it. But the obituary is an add on expense from what I could understand.
my hearing is about gone. My daughter takes over. She said “NO” ... knew her mom very well.

I too was shocked at the price of my husbands obituary, but went ahead with it anyway, as I had had it written for about 6 months, as he was under hospice care for 22 months. I did however tell my children NOT to spend my money on one for me when I die, as it really is a rip off.
I'm sorry for your loss. It's hard when we lose our spouse, this I know. God bless you.

I am so sorry for your loss. Some folks will put in a few lines of "memorial" a month or so after death so that not close friends, family and associates will have notice.

I actually don't believe in doing an obituary. It is proven that criminals follow them in order to know when family may be at services. They also follow them to figure ways to do identity theft trickery and make bogus calls to family. I know they are the old fashioned way, but when my brother died and was cremated I didn't even let the funeral home list his death, and I did no publication of his death as suggested by some books regarding estate and Trusts and so on. To me it is just opening the door to problems in the day when they can google our home, where we live, and what the facts are of our lives in moments on the internet.
sure am sorry for your loss and wish you the best. Great info for Forum, also.

You will not regret this. Obits are a scam and hackers use them to obtain full legal names and addresses. You can save the guilt and regret by doing this via social media etc. If your wife was a member of a church it could possible be announced through a bulletin or announcement. If your wife was active in any groups you could ask them to spread the word for free. If you wife was still working you might get her employer to put it out on their social media accounts as a release of information. I 100% agree with you for not putting it in a paper. I refuse to be buried, and want to be cremated, because it should never break the bank to bury someone.