Nicknames of the Dead

I don't know if this is common practice in the newspaper business, but the Times-Pic has the bizzare habbit of printing nicknames in its obituary list. Here is a collection of nicknames that have appeared in this week's obits.

• "Gus"
• "Seaweed-Tiggy"
• "Pat"
• "Bucky"
• "Weenie"
• "Poppee"
• "Sonny"
• "Pete"
• "Trudy"
• "Jr."
• "Hay"