The Post website even invites readers into a dialogue with the obit writing staff.

FORBES: Burying a Life in My Mother's Obit

The Post reporter with whom I spoke informed me the paper had a standard form for obit facts.

FORBES: Burying a Life in My Mother's Obit

The Post obituary page, when not chronicling the passage of the once-powerful and politically connected, headlined each obit with a concise job title.

FORBES: Burying a Life in My Mother's Obit