Is it appropriate to post deaths on facebook?

[Jen]

A friend of mine just suffered the death of her 1.5 year old child. He stopped breathing in his sleep and is assumed brain dead. This was an AWFUL thing to hear as we were pretty good friends in high school, and I couldn't even imagine going through that kind of grief.
Now what got me thinking about whether it was appropriate or not, was the fact that she was posting pictures of her now assumedly dead child (still connected to the breathing machine, so technically still physically alive) and that she made about three of these posts with different pictures of him and that she took the time to tag the profile that she made for him on facebook each time.
It's everyone's choice how they grieve and it's completely her personal choice what she wants to post, but was just curious on other people's opinion on this. I'm not much of a facebook user, but I can understand the deep integration of the site into someone's life, so much so that they dont mind posting these kinds of things.
I'm not trying to be offensive, just sharing thoughts.