[shilala]

Sorry for your loss, Duane. Prayers sent for your family.

I seldom agree with Duane, but I completely get his point. He may have written this individual off as "a soon to be statistic", and much of the rest of the family may have, as well. It doesn't mean the family isn't close-knit, and doesn't mean he's not close to her mother/father/brothers/sisters, and you'd think someone would have called. Not that they still won't call sometimes today...
I can also understand that the family would use facebook to reach out-of-touch family members in hopes that they contact everyone.
It's odd that I think a text message would be completely acceptable but facebook seems impersonal, I suppose it depends how close the relative was?
It'd be nice to see Emily Post attack these kind of things.