Technology Allows Mourners to Pay Last Respects Online

The following is from Carolyn Y. Johnson, Internet allows deceased to go beyond the end of the line, S.F. Chron., Dec. 3, 2007, at E3:

When 92-year-old Ruben Edmond died this summer, not everyone could make it to Norfolk, Va., to say goodbye to the man whose family includes five children, 28 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren.

So while some mourners streamed into the funeral home to pay their last respects, others – from North Carolina to Hawaii – watched streaming video of the ceremony online and visited a tribute page produced by the funeral home that helped organize Edmond’s last rites. ***

[F]orward-thinking funeral homes have embraced online features.

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.