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From: "Wordsmith" <>
Subject: Re: [OREGON] Oregonian Obituaries
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:44:04 -0700
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It wasn't the neck kinking so much that bothered me (I agree-not ergonomic
by a long stretch)--what was annoying was trying to find a station that
didn't have a long line waiting for it. Hard to tell who was waiting for
what.

Elizabeth
----- Original Message -----
From: "JB Wilson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: [OREGON] Oregonian Obituaries


> Thank you to all of you who responded to my post regarding obituaries
> in the Oregonian. I may re-check some of them in the future. BTW, I
> found it extremely hard on my neck to sit there for long periods of
> time with my neck krinked up...not very ergonomically friendly
> stations, are they?
>
> Regards, JB Wilson :-)
>
> -----------------------
>
>
> >In the earlier years the obituaries sometimes showed
> >up in different parts of the paper with no consistency,
> >there was not always an "obituary section".
> >
> >Also, did you check the Oregon Journal also? Many times
> >an obit showed only in one or the other paper.
> >
> >Janice
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: JB Wilson [mailto:]
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:44 PM
> >To:
> >Subject: [OREGON] Oregonian Obituaries
> >
> >
> >Hello list,
> >I gathered up my death dates for my relatives who passed on in
> >Portland, and took the MAX in to the Multnomah Co. Library to see if
> >I could find any of their obituaries. Out of the 10 names I found
> >death notices for all, but only one obituary. The dates were from
> >1922 to 1973. Would it have been common for a death notice to be
> >posted, but not an obituary? I was just surprised that I found so few
> >obits even when I had death dates and death notices. This was my
> >first attempt, did I miss something?
> >Thanks for all sage words of advice. Regards, JB Wilson :-)
> >
> >
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