Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | Waterlooiowa - 5/19/2026 10:32
A while back I read the obituary of a distant relative,in it the daughters that had little to do with their father after the parents divorce were mentioned first and then the step kids that he raised after their father died and he married the mother are listed as step kids,,,ok,no problem with that. But then the grandkids from the estanged daughters were listed as grandkids but the children of his wife's kids are listed as step grandkids even though he was the only grandfather they had ever known.
The wife's grandkids were far closer than any biological kids but the word "step" just seemed to make them secondary or lessen their relationship even though me spent 50 years in that family .
Heaven forbid newspapers be accurate.
Save the flowery language for those in attendance at the service who actually knew the family, what’s printed in the paper is circulated to the general public and IMO it’s better not to confuse them. In 100 years someone doing genealogy research might really appreciate the word “step” in there.
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step kids/grand kids in obituaries
