Although I am a touch over 40 I have sadly lost a number of schoolmates, so can relate to these. Obituaries done right can paint a lovely pen picture of someone's life all too often they come across as generic.
 
Enjoyed the song in some strange way and I wouldn't worry about spoken lyrics, hey it worked for Paul Simon. 

It reminds me of that spoken word thing about 'always wearing sunscreen', from many years ago. A kind of bittersweet look at the joys and sorrows of life all mixed up together. I lost a friend late last year. We are all gonna go one of these days. There's a cheery thought. 
 
Nicely done mate

Very nice. Who’d a thunk there would be a song about obituaries? You pulled it off wonderfully!

Thanks everyone for the comments.  This is definitely not a common subject to write a song about.  To me the obits section is another one of those reminders of what's looming ahead and yet we can make light of it, which is a very good thing.