Union Recorder 200 Years | Page 91

P Williams Funeral Home helping families for years ut simply, obituaries tell stories. They are the stories of a sin- gle person’s life and in a larger sense, the stories of a commu- nity. There was a time when newspapers were the only form of mass communication. As such, obituaries served as a practical means of letting people know a person had died as well as honoring the life of the deceased. While we have other means of communi- cation now, obituaries still provide a vital service to the com- munity. There is a reason the obituary page is the most read page in the newspaper. It is because obituar- ies are multi-faceted. They share informa- tion, allow us to col- lectively mourn, and provide a lasting re- cord of a person’s life. 352313-1 200th l 91