Friends and relatives of some of Hostelter’s subjects over the years are appreciating her work in a guestbook on.
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The Society of Professional Obituary Writers gave Hostetler its Lifetime Achievement Award a few years ago. Elly an Activist from Word ' Go, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 1969.
I loved that! I always felt that listening to them reminisce was so healing for them.” 5 February 2003 Obituary : Rosemary Ginn, Columbia Daily Tribune. Find all of the latest Charlotte, North Carolina obituaries, condolences, and death notices from The. “Almost immediately, he or she was back in the moment and ended up laughing about their dates. The Charlotte Observer Obituaries, Charlotte, North Carolina. Gerry learned to cope with a grieving spouse by asking how the pair met. She also offers a bit of advice for journalists doing this work: Lauren Lindstrom is a reporter for the Charlotte Observer covering affordable housing.
She describes a life of hard work, including 20 years working two jobs. Charlotte NC woman wrote her own obituary before dying of coronavirus after long haul COVID-19 symptoms. The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina. That prompted me to envision a column with more information and above all – more warmth.” “I would do an occasional obit-news story,” Gerry said, “and they became quite popular. Hostetler started working in the Observer’s newsroom as a part-time obit clerk in 1978, and in 1991 she pitched the newspaper on an obituary column, “It’s a Matter of Life.” In her last column she explains (in third-person) her thinking: Gerry Hostetler wrote close to 2,500 obituary columns for The Charlotte Observer on Sunday the newspaper published her last, about her own life.