I hope to do this, too.

I don't read celebrity gossip, instead preferring a quick and regular scan of obits - I'm fascinated with how real people lived their lives and how their loved ones summarize it in a couple of paragraphs.

This guy wrote his own, and gave complete strangers a smile and a glimpse into his life:
http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/walter-george-bruhl-jr-dupont-co-retiree/1139838?cid=1307795