How to Write an Obituary Information Fact Form on Your Computer

Ensure that the obituaries you write contain all the relevant information on the deceased by using an "Obituary Information Fact Form" to prepare them. You can use these guidelines to prepare an Obituary Information Fact Form on a spreadsheet or word processing computer program.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Insert a table in a new document. Make one column and ten rows. Title the document, "Obituary Information Fact Form." Extend the column almost the full width of the page.
2. Reserve the first row for "Personal Information on Deceased." Title the sixth row, "Funeral Service Information." Add light background shading to both rows.
3. Go to the second row. Add sub-titles requesting the following data: "Full Name," "Date and Place of Birth" and "Name of Spouse."
4. Create a third row with a height of about 4 inches. Add the following on separate lines, leaving about 1 inch of space for each: "Children and addresses," "Grandchildren and addresses," "Parents and addresses" and "Siblings and addresses."
5. Continue with the fourth row. Add fields for "Education" and "Employment", leaving about 1-inch of space for each. Go down to the fifth row and make one field for "Religious Affiliations" and another field for "Achievements and Awards."
6. Prepare one large section measuring about 5 inches for the seventh row. Add the following subtitles seeking specifics about the funeral arrangements: "Place, time and date of funeral service," "Place, time and date of memorial service," and "Place, time and date for a committal or burial service."
7. Make the eighth row a field for "Clergy Officiating." Prepare a ninth row with fields for the "Address of Funeral Home" and "Address of Cemetery." Finish the form with a tenth row allowing space for information on "Memorial Contributions."