Coworkers text condolences to deceased brother’s phone

Miss Manners: Is it weird to text condolences to a deceased person’s phone in hopes family will read them?
The obvious solution is to disconnect the telephone line. But if you cannot resist calling your brother’s boss, Miss Manners suggests that you at least do so with an excuse: Inform her where and when the service is -- or at least where his colleagues may send proper written condolences, if they wish.
Miss Manners: Handling messages sent to a deceased loved one’s phone
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Miss Manners: Coworkers text condolences to deceased brother’s phone
A sibling wants to know how to handle people texting their deceased brother’s phone to offer their condolences
Miss Manners: Please stop calling and texting my deceased brother
Some people sent messages and then started calling my brother’s phone. When I answered, some were polite, others were prying
Miss Manners: I was dismayed by the co-workers’ calls to my dead brother’s phone
One of his friends called me and I headed straight to the hospital, but it was too late. Someone at the hospital gave me a bag of my brother’s belongings, which I took home and stuck in a closet while I dealt with calling family and friends,
Miss Manners: How dare my co-workers text and call my dead brother’s cellphone?
A grieving sister is dismayed by calls and texts of condolence to her dead brother’s cellphone; a prominent guest has something noticeable stuck in his teeth.
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