There was so much local coverage! We had the SL the DJ and then there were local city/town papers too.

I remember my grandmother's big thing to do in the 70s/80s was to sit at the kitchen table (when she finally took a break from cooking and cleaning for all her children and husband) and read the obituaries. And she'd make lots of comments and read some of them out loud (the people she knew). Keeping up on who died was a big thing for her. And searching the honor roll for my name :-) RIP Grandma.