With no local newspapers left, some Kamloops, B.C., residents miss reading obituaries
Many people like keeping cutouts of their loved ones obituaries in the newspaper as a keepsake, says Kamloops funeral home manager.
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Many people like keeping cutouts of their loved ones obituaries in the newspaper as a keepsake, says Kamloops funeral home manager.
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Vukusic, 50, has been reading obituaries since she was in her 20s, when she worked for a veterans’ organization. When those she met through her work died, she was always amazed by how much their obituaries revealed that she had never thought to ask. “I fell in love with how an obituary really gets to the essence of a person,” she recalled. Vukusic has been reading them ever since, seeking and finding life lessons on career paths, relationships and more. The book was preceded by an article contributed to the Globe and Mail in November 2019. That article prompted a question: Could she...