Obituary Template
Use this section as an outline, checklist, sample format, or template
to writing an
obituary. Also see the
other
parts of this website: Obituary
Writing Tips, Obituaries - Delicate Questions, Obituary Writing Pitfalls, How to Write Your Own Obituary, Resources and Links, Eulogies and Obituaries, Genealogy and Obituaries, and News and Reviews.
The following headings are meant as a general guide. Make sure that you
have considered everything that is usually covered, then select what
you would like to include, and also decide what order you would like to
use.
- NAME / ANNOUNCEMENT
- Full name of the deceased, including
nickname, if any
- Age at death
- Residence (for example, the name of the city) at
death
- Day and date of death
- Place of death
- Cause of death
- LIFE
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Names of parents
- Childhood: siblings, stories, schools, friends
- Marriage(s): date of, place, name of spouse
- Education: school, college, university
and other
- Designations, awards, and other recognition
- Employment: jobs, activities, stories, colleagues,
satisfactions, promotions, union activities, frustrations,
- Places of residence
- Hobbies, sports, interests, activities, and other
enjoyment
- Charitable, religious, fraternal, political, and
other affiliations; positions held
- Achievements
- Disappointments
- Unusual attributes, humour, other stories
- FAMILY
- Survived by (and place of residence):
- Spouse
- Children (in order of date of birth, and
their spouses)
- Grandchildren
- Great-grandchildren
- Great-great-grandchildren
- Parents
- Grandparents
- Siblings (in order of date of birth)
- Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
- Friends
- Pets (if appropriate)
- Predeceased by (and date of death):
- Spouse
- Children (in order of date of birth)
- Grandchildren
- Siblings (in order of date of birth)
- Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
- Pets (if appropriate)
- SERVICE
- Day, date, time, place
- Name of officiant, pallbearers, honorary
pallbearers, other
information
- Visitation information if applicable: day, date,
time, place
- Reception information if applicable: day, date,
time, place
- Other memorial, vigil, or graveside services if
applicable: day,
date, time, place
- Place of interment
- Name of funeral home in charge of arrangements
- Where to call for more
information (even if no service planned)
- END
- Memorial funds established
- Memorial donation suggestions, including addresses
- Thank you to people, groups, or institutions
- Quotation or poem
- Three
words that sum up the life
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