Writing an obituary this week? Start here.
Complete examples and a template you can copy, free. If you would rather not face a blank page, put what you know into one form and get back a full obituary, a short version for the paper, and a five-minute eulogy, written from your details and nothing else. $19, once, refunded if it does not help.
Examples
- For a motherobituary
- For a fatherobituary
- For a young adultobituary
- For a veteranobituary
- Short newspaper versionobituary
- For a mothereulogy
- For a fathereulogy
Also here
- Obituary templateFill-in-the-blanks, two lengths
- How to write an obituarySeven steps
- Eulogy examplesFive minutes, three stories
How the writer works
- You fill in one form: the facts, the life, the specific things, the family, the service if known, and a story or two for the eulogy.
- Everything comes back written in the standard structure, from your details only. Missing service details get a marked space.
- You get Word and PDF, and the link stays open for seven days while the family reviews it.