I'm a Civil Servant.
If I heard any of my colleagues make such a complaint I think I'd nut them.
Yes, it depressing, but it is also a daily reminder of what is important.
There is a simple answer. If someone complains, you tell them it is Government policy to notify such deaths in this manner. If a Civil Servant can't tolerate working under such a policy, he/she is required to resign. Now put up or ******* shut up.