Writing guide · PDF and Word
Writing the obituary and the eulogy
You have been asked to find the words. This short guide gets you from a blank page to a finished obituary and a eulogy you can read aloud.
- What to gather first, and who should check it
- An eight-line outline to fill in
- Six example obituaries: traditional, brief, warm, for a parent, for a husband or wife, for someone who died young
- Three eulogy outlines, and advice for the day
- Ten readings and poems in the public domain, with Psalm 23 and Stevenson's "Requiem" printed in full
- The First Week checklist
Every person in the examples is invented; use any wording as your own. Writing help only, not legal or financial advice.
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