Grand Father Passing

It's a Shame that Family don't try to stay in touch with each other. My Grand Father has died but his immediately Family members didn't even bother to try and contact me or my Mother right away. Is that bad or what and now I just found out the day before his Services suppose to be conducted which don't give either of us time to even make it there. Some Family we have there. If I didn't call home today I would have never known at this time he was gone.