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Dad's obituary

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scott cunningham
Oct 29, 2025
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Mom asked me to write dad’s obituary. I did a lot of research on the genre and found three classics.

  • Mary Mullaney’s obiturary

  • Val Patterson obituary

  • Renay Mandel Corren obituary

So the idea was to write something with clear structure and genre expectations, but with some innovations, that I know had been done elsewhere. Earlier drafts leaned much harder…

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