: Proper use of first-last name in a obituary? I have to write my fathers obituary. I am not sure when it is proper to use a full name. We have kids, grand kids, and great grand kids. Are

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I don't know what the rules are.

As I remember, I wrote a draft of an obituary for my grandmother that named all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, but I was told to rewrite it to just give the numbers of each.

As an amateur genealogist, I think it would be helpful to future genealogists to name all the surviving members of the family, but I don't know whether the other family members want to pay for the extra words, and I don't know what the usual obituary format is for the specific newspaper or for newspapers in general.

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It is proper to use his full name, including a well-known nickname if he had any, middle names and extensions such as Sr. For example you would get: example Rosemary "Rose" Jean Brimson, Jr.

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