Negatively amazed for the first half and a dedication to the last

I am amazed at how people or what I should say they would use to make "profit"... I recently had a death in my family a couple of weeks ago, my Uncle meant a lot to us all. So, being out of state, I used the tool of trade of the internet to search for his obituary for the local newspaper in his area

So I google his name, here firstly, is the normal website with the obituary on it: pretty normal (ah wtf, ill just link it)

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=141668973
and this one which is pretty much the same in a nutshell
http://www.funeraldigest.com/obituaries/?id=141668973


then, I find an "online guestbook" with of course the options to purchase it, make a memorial website, send flowers, and all this tacky bullshit covered all over a makeshift online guestbook that of course you have the option to "buy"
http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookid=193415197293&cid=full

So, I keep searching, thinking and wondering, what else can they come up with that can put a few more dollars in someones pocket??
I find, THIS little nightmare

tributes.com, they seem to take the names of the deceased off of websites and newspapers, and create this little "memorial page"
look at how inciting it looks! it shows the date/year he was born, to the date year that he died and (here it goes) he MAY HAVE lived in Buckeye AZ
meaning, they didn't know jack shit about him, they didn't work for the newspaper and they didn't talk to my family, but they left us a bunch of stupid options like
send flowers
send gifts
light a candle for him and connect your facebook (gifting options i think but not sure if you have to pay for that one)
thoughtful meal (wtf?)
browse bookstore (?)
make cremation jewelry
make travel plans
add a photo
funeral services
send condolences
build a family tree on ancestry.com (o lordy)
send memories to memory book



lots of that and similar mumbo money making jumbo.
THEY DONT EVEN HAVE THE REAL OBITUARY!! MY FAMILY NEVER REQUESTED THIS PAGE BE MADE!!
Nice way to try and squeeze money out of the family members and friends of the deceased, it seems a little...inappropriate, wouldn't you agree??
anyways, here is the website credited to that information

http://www.tributes.com/show/Noel-Johnson-88346960

The website also offers a link to search local obituaries of other names and ages, to do the same things to whoever else around you who might have passed away, strangely enough
heres the search database and an example and how I found the names i was looking for
http://www.tributes.com/browse_obituaries?city=Buckeye&state=AZ


There are MOST LIKELY course other websites similar, they take the names from the deceased (death certificates, hospitals, newspapers, however they can legally get their hands on it) and plug it into a website where they can use this opportunity of a deceased family member, to make money off of yourself.
Seems like you can find that with everything now a days, public released names and people/companies trying to use it for some sort of money making profit or scheme...how do they get away with this??
Yeah, its probably a nice idea, but to me it seems a little morbid, my uncle was a private guy, not a social network-er or a computer savvy individual (at least to my knowledge) so I wonder how i can type his name into google, and multiple sites come up with the information on his passing?? hmmm

Anyways, Id like to finish off this blog with a little bit for him, he was an awesome uncle, and its unfortunate he didn't get to visit lately like he had planned, my Mom has always compared his gruffness and disposition to Clint Eastwood (looks kind of, and similar ways for sure), and the weekend after his passing, I saw Clint Eastwood everywhere of course.
He had his time on earth well loving his family, and fishing, and doing auto upholstery most of his life. He told me stories about how he did the inside of Desi Arnez (you know, Ricky Ricardo?) car, and also told me of horror stories when he had been inside cars that had blood in them, and one time even brought my Mom a FINGER, LOL.
He had a fun sense of humor, a bit rough and abrasive, but also very fun to be around and be with. I still remember his laugh and the sound of his voice, when he would WHISTLE to my Mom on the answering machine like a dog, an when he SWORE her eyes were blue (they are VERY green). I remember his hug, his bright blue eyes, and how he called me "kiddo" and asked how things were going all the time.
When i was about 8, we were visiting, and i ran straight through the screen door (how cliche), i was okay but every time he came up for a visit, he would bring that up and tease me about it in every clever way possible.
I remember my brother and their runs to GI JOES every time they would visit us, that was their definite male bonding moment :). He was very close to him, it was nice to see them find themselves in a male sort of way in a family of primarily females.
I remember as the years went by, he got softer, he took care of his wife and his family in every way shape and form, and was a natural protector to us all.
I could go on forever about stories of my family and of him if time allowed.
You will be missed Uncle. Very much so. May God bless you and keep you, and may we see you in that big fishing hole in the sky.