Obituary Descriptions Unnecessary

To the Editor:

 This letter is in response to the letter written by Erin Doyle [“A Meaningless Description Of A Life,” Letter Hive, 5/4/12] regarding her grandfather’s obituary. I wholeheartedly agree with her, and have wondered for a while why the description is necessary below the name of the deceased.

 It would be one thing if the family wrote it (although still totally unnecessary), but to have the obituary writer decide what was most important in a person’s life is just wrong.

 Please consider going back to your previous policy, and just have the deceased’s name, and not the description underneath it.

 Thanks so much for your consideration of this.

Sincerely,

Peggy Baiad

4 Budd Drive, Newtown                                                May 9, 2012

(Editor’s Note: We are convinced. Starting this week the descriptions have been dropped from our obituary headlines.)