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sample obituary?
Hi ladies- I am a writer, but I have never written an obituary, and now, sadly, I am suddenly in the position where I need to craft one quickly. DH's grandfather has been sick for a very long time and is expected to pass away any minute (hospice nurse has been in for a few days). My MIL is a nurse and the whole family is very matter-of-fact about the inevitability of this situation, so they have already arranged most of the services and are now finalizing details. I'd really like to contribute a well-written obituary that is not the hum-drum standard. Do any of you ladies have a sample of one that you, or someone in your family, has written and are particularly proud of? Thanks in advance!
Re: sample obituary?
I'm sorry about your loss. I had to do this a few months ago. I googled obituary templates, and then combined a few that I liked. I really liked what I wrote but I'm not sure if I can find it now. You can email me if you want, jenniferdreier at hotmail and I can probably find what I wrote tonight. Sorry again, Jenn
I'd probably concentrate my efforts on a really great eulogy rather than an obituary.
You are very limited in terms of space with an obit, and there are certain standard things in them that are just by nature rather hum-drum.
My grandmother wrote her own obituary in advance, and it was rather standard, but the eulogy that her children worked on together was really beautiful and moving.
I'm sorry to hear about your DH's grandfather. Are you writing one to submit to the Washington Post? In that case, the obituary (AKA "death notice") that is submitted must conform to their strict guidelines and character limits. If you call the paper, they can tell you about it. Tends to make all the obits sort of hum-drum.
You can, however, submit an obit news story to to Post and they may or may not decide whether to print it...these stories are usually reserved, for lack of a better term, "prominent" Washingtonians who have lived in the area for most of their lives.
We have a good one for DH's dad when he passed away. I'll have to look for it though and we just moved and have not unpacked a lot yet. I'll page you if I find it.
How odd that we were both writing this at the same time and both chose "hum drum" to describe?