Possible Clues:

• What an obituary sets out to tell one, perhaps
• In the matter of the dead in a telling sort of way
• This will tell us something about those that have gone
• Tell about the time gone by
• Report delayed by engineers
• Tell associate
• Give account of (story)
• This will tell you something of one that is no longer here
• Has the high churchman lost his head? That'd be telling
• What does this tell you about those who have passed away?