sympathy card

Question:
We run a towing service in a small community. A man that owns a similar service in a neighboring community recently passed away. We would like to send a sympathy card to the entire family of the deceased, my question is how do I address the envelope. I know it is not acceptable to mention the deaseased name on the front of the card. Since the business is a family ran business, could I just address it to the "Doe" family? His sons have the same last name.

Answer:
You can indeed address it to the Doe Family.

Funeral Thank You Cards

Question:
Is it proper to send thank you cards out to people who have attended a funeral of your loved one. The funeral home gave us the guest book along with Thank You cards. I didn't think I had to thank you for them paying respect. I need to know what I should do?

Answer:
You send thank you cards to the people who sent flowers (or made donations to a charity in your loved one's name) and brought food. No one else needs to receive one, but the ones who did thoughtful things should receive one. Basically you write something along the lines of "Thank you so much for your kindness and support during this difficult time" and you have 6-8 weeks to send them out.