Bainbridge Death Support

Readers wanted

A small deathcare company on Bainbridge Island, Washington State. $30 an hour, remote. Recent death notices, read against fixed questions.

Unpaid historical reading: the Reading Room.

The role

Contemporary reader

$30/hour ยท about 2 to 3 hours, three times across the year

Two readers, same notices, answered independently.

  • WhenDecember, February, and one round in the summer
  • WhereAnywhere, and preferably not here
  • SuitsCopy editors, proofreaders, researchers

Not from Kitsap County, and you should not recognize the names. If you live here, use the Reading Room.

Terms

Paid whether or not your reading supports the finding I expected.

Content note

Hours of reading about death, and these are people whose families are alive now.

The task

No CVs. Both notices are invented; using a real family's would be indefensible.

Notice A

Mrs. Eliza Hannah Corwin died at her residence, 214 Front street, on Tuesday morning at four o'clock, of pneumonia, following an illness of eleven days. She was in her seventy-second year. She leaves two sons, Albert of this city and Ezra of Wenatchee, and one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Prentiss of Tacoma. The funeral will be held from the Methodist church Thursday at two o'clock, with interment in the Odd Fellows cemetery beside her husband.

Notice B

Alton Reece Mbeki, 68, of Bremerton, passed away peacefully on January 19th surrounded by his loving family, after a long illness borne with characteristic patience. Alton was a devoted husband, a loving father and a pillar of the community. He is survived by his wife Rosemary, his daughters, several grandchildren and a host of friends. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes to thank everyone for their kindness.

Does each state a cause of death? Yes or no, then a sentence on anything that made it a hard call. That sentence is the application.

Apply

Yes or no, then what made it a hard call.

Town and country is plenty.

If I take you on

Optional. Access needs or questions.

What happens to what you send

Your application reaches me and nobody else. Not sold, not passed on, not used to train anything. Deleted when the roles are filled, or sooner if you ask: miranda@bainbridgedeathsupport.com.

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