Jane White Thompson died in August. A blood clot traveled from her leg into her lungs, and in a flash, she was gone. “It was very quick and very unexpected,” says her husband, Joel Thompson, who is 62 ...

Obituaries for writer Deborah Vankin popped up online in January, complete with morbid images and flattering prose. In videos accompanying the announcements, “news anchors” discussed her death and ...

When it comes to researching family history, the obit is a treasure trove of information. Genealogists hunt down a family’s history by using a wide variety of resources, from church records to census ...