How to Write an Obituary (Your Downloadable Toolkit)

7 Steps to Writing a Thoughtful Obituary

This simple obituary writing guide contains 10 pages packed with easy-to-understand information. It’s a 10-page how-to guide designed to help you get the right words on the page, even if you have no idea how to start. We use PayPal for a secure checkout.

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Your obituary writing toolkit includes:

• A worksheet to help you gather all your facts
• Advice on what to include and what to leave out
• How to handle tricky problems
• Guidelines for correct formatting (newspaper obituary style)
• Plenty of examples to show you how to present your information.

This obituary writing guide is filled with everything we’ve learned about writing obituaries for our own families, on behalf of our customers, and in our years working for newspapers.

It’s packed with practical advice to help you create an obituary that’s both respectful and professional.

Most of all, it will help you honour the people who matter the most to you.

How much does the obituary writing toolkit cost?

7 Steps to Writing a Thoughtful Obituary: Everything you need to create a permanent record for people who matter to you is $4.99. This small investment will save you untold hours trying to craft a perfect document, especially if you’re grieving and the words won’t flow. Follow our 7 easy steps and be comforted by the knowledge you haven’t left anything out or included too much information.

If you’re not completely satisfied with your purchase, let us know why. We’ll use your feedback to improve our product.

What motivated us to write an obituary toolkit

In 2017, our little team lost four immediate family members within three months. It was a devastating time and, as the writers in our families, everyone expected us to write the obituaries. It’s something we wanted to do but we were surprised at how hard it was, even with our journalism backgrounds.

We spent a lot of time researching and poring over style guides for the correct way to put our memories into a permanent record. We knew if we were struggling, most people would be totally lost. There was a lot of general information, but we wanted specific help and it was in short supply.

In each case, people went out of their way to tell us how grateful they were to read the obituaries we had written. Our funeral director even commented they were the best obituaries he’d ever read. We want to share what we learned with anyone faced with writing an obituary, whether it’s one you’re writing in advance of a death (even your own) or one you write under tragic or unexpected circumstances. We use PayPal to ensure you get a secure checkout.

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