Preface: My Dad's identical twin brother for some reason disconnected himself from our family after my Grandfather's death in the late 90's and didn't show for my Grandmother's funeral in the mid 2000's. To reach him my Aunt would have to call his neighbor and tell him to have Dan call, sometimes he would sometimes not but when he did he was very distant and unconcerning. When my Aunt died a couple of years ago he showed up at her funeral and we treated him like nothing had ever happened. He was never married as far as I can remember or had a live in girlfriend for several years or may have even been married to her but that was before my time. He has no children. I get a random Facebook message today from a guy I don't know but remembered my Uncle mentioning my name so he found me on Facebook (which I've only had for about 3 months now) to tell me my Uncle had died and to contact the local county sheriff to give next of kin. So here I am at lunch finding out my Uncle just died in his sleep last night on Facebook and I have to call my Dad and other Uncle to tell them "Hey you're brother is dead I found out through Facebook". I just seen him October 5th in Eureka Springs for the Corvette weekend because my Dad always brings whatever Vette he has for the gathering, Uncle lives close so he started coming up for the Saturday and I'm only 45 minutes away. What a whirlwind of a day. But it's sad to me to know that he died alone and nobody knew how to reach a family member to inform them other than a Facebook message. The guy that messaged me was the neighbor's son. My Uncle was 66 and worked the majority of his life at a major Walmart distribution center, lived on a farm, and had dairy cattle. He's very well off I'm sure but died alone. My Dad called the neighbor and talked to him, neighbor asked "Is Chad your son? Because that's who he always said he was leaving everything to". I don't know if that is written or just talk and I honestly don't care all we know is he's dead and know nothing about burial arrangements or estate. It's really sad. I'm 34 with no children and this kind of wakes me up to the future of my life's ending.
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Originally Posted by Ckfishin
Of course I talk to myself...sometimes I need expert advice.