I recently helped my friend after the death of her father. At the funeral home, the director filled out the death certificate and gave it to us to check over. It went around the table from the widow to the two daughters. Then it came to me. Right away I noticed it said Female. So I looked for more errors. I said, " Didn't he die at home?" The family said, "Yes." The funeral director said, "Oh I thought he died in the hospital."
Why did I spot these mistakes when no one else did? Because I am well versed in looking at death certificates, and I wasn't grieving.
I recently helped my friend after the death of her father. At the funeral home, the director filled out the death certificate and gave it to us to check over. It went around the table from the widow to the two daughters. Then it came to me. Right away I noticed it said Female. So I looked for more errors. I said, " Didn't he die at home?" The family said, "Yes." The funeral director said, "Oh I thought he died in the hospital."
Why did I spot these mistakes when no one else did? Because I am well versed in looking at death certificates, and I wasn't grieving.
That's a perfect example of how the death certificates still could be wrong even when the closest relatives are there.