Is it just me or does this paragraph of an obituary seem "odd". It was obviously written by the current wife (especially the part that I didn't copy that talked about him enjoying their trips together)
(names have been changed)
"On Oct. 29, 2000, Tom married Kathy , which created an extended blessed family for Tom with Kathy's son, Dave, and daughter, Connie.
Surviving are his wife, Kathy of W--field; his brother, Larry (and Pam) of ---burg; stepsons, Bob. of A----s and Dave of W---; a granddaughter, Emma of O---; grandsons Ted and Lou of W---; his mother-in-law, Mildred of W---field; and four children from his first marriage, 10 additional grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, sister Joy, daughter Connie, granddaughter Jenny and grandson, Rob. "
What stood out to me is that all of his step kids are listed by name, but none of his natural-born children or grandkids are. Shoot even his mother-in-law is listed by name. It says the four kids were by his first wife, one of the step-sons is by his third wife....the one he widowed is (at least) his 4th wife.
His son (one of the 4 kids not named) was my high school boyfriend. One of the step-sons listed was a year or so younger than him and I got to be friends with him while we were dating. There were other step-kids from his second wife - but I never knew them. He may not have remained in contact with them, so that could be why they weren't listed. I know my old boyfriend remained in touch with his dad. He probably didnt see a lot of his dad because he (the boyfriend) was career Air Force, when he got out he remained as a civilian working on base and has never moved back to the area. His two older sisters didn't have a lot to do with their dad (when I was in the picture) because of hard feelings from the divorce from their mother, the younger sister still saw him, but she was in Jr High at that time - I don't know if she maintained a relationship after she got older or not. But I still personally think this reads kind of crummy.