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How to Write a Well-crafted Obituary, Sympathy Card or Eulogy

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How do you write an obituary or eulogy well? How do you make sure that your sympathy card really conveys feeling and is in line with what you want to say? Writing these things can be so tricky. Putting a person's life into a snippet is never easy, but can be especially hard when you are dealing with big emotions at the same time. Luckily there is Obituarieshelp.org that pulls together online sources and templates into one place so you can view sample sympathy letters and obituaries and also learn how to write an obituary, sympathy card or death notices yourself. They also offer written examples of eulogies. If you will be attending a funeral or calling a person who has just lost someone, the site also provides words of comfort and sympathy. Funerals can cause anxiety for some people who are unsure of what to say and how to comfort their friends or family during that time. Obituarieshelp.org helps you turn down the anxiety and instead go in with words—words that can help elevate and support a person.

The site also has some other features. Since some people look forward to reading the obituary section of the paper, there is also an entire section with obituaries. Also there is a section that explains how to use obituaries in genealogical searches along with a newsletter and blog, which started with one lone posting in August followed by some really cool ones this month, including Review of the Top 40+ FREE Online Genealogy Websites and Review of The 6 Top Paid Subscription Online Genealogy Websites.

As always, we'd love to hear from you about your experiences and the words or phrases which brought you comfort when you needed it the most, so chime in in our comments section below.

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You can find a guide on how to write an obituary, including samples and templates, at http://www.howtowriteanobituary.com.

Posted by: Christina | November 23rd, 2009 at 6:45pm

When an acquaintance’s father died I wasn’t sure what to say. She left town straight away for the funeral and to help her mother. When she returned I saw her at a social event where she looked to be having fun. I wanted to give her space and also a chance to not have to think about it if she didn’t want to. Last year I lost someone I was really close to. Another friend of mine, someone I wasn’t too close to but part of my social circle, came up at a party and said, “I heard about what happened. I am really sorry for your loss.” Yeah it was a party and I wasn’t thinking about it, but well it was so nice to hear and it was a piece of sunshine that pierced through my grief that day. That taught me to always say something. Let them know they are in your thoughts.

Posted by: Diane | October 30th, 2009 at 9:02am

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