A friend of mine that I went to school with (elementary through high school) died a few weeks ago 3,000 miles from where I live. Someone, with the OK from the family, set up a memorial service in this area for him. I was invited to his service and the luncheon via Facebook, which I didn't mind. The obit took over three weeks to run in my local newspaper, and I was in a different part of the country when it did run, so I probably would have missed the service.