How to Write a Funeral Pamphlet
The funeral pamphlet can serve many different functions, though traditionally its function is to tell guests the order of the service. Nowadays, it can be a memento of the deceased person's life that guests can take with them and keep for years to come. Whether you decide to go traditional or with a new approach, writing a funeral pamphlet can be time consuming.
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Instructions
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Traditional
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Select a picture of the deceased to put on the pamphlet. The picture should clearly show her face and shoulders and be of her alone.
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Write "Services for" and his name. On the next line, write the date of birth and date of death. Next, give the location of the funeral and who is officiating the services.
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Decide on and lay out the order of the service on the page. Include the eulogies, talks or readings of special words, verses and poems. Include the titles and artist's name of any music. Place each thing on the page in the order it will happen in the service so that people know what's happening next.
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Include in the pamphlet, as space permits, any poems or verses that will be read at the funeral. This way, attendees can read along and stay engaged during the service, and can refer to the words later.
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Place the obituary on the back page of the pamphlet.
Nontraditional
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Use this small booklet as a last memento that your loved one's friends and family can take with them and keep after the funeral. To do so, you and your funeral director must break out of the mold of the normal funeral pamphlet and allow creativity to rise.
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Show the person in her element when including photographs of her in the pamphlet. Let the pictures you choose remind the guests of the person they're paying their respects to.
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Have the deceased's own writing or creativity be a part of the pamphlet. If the person didn't write a lot, see if anyone close to him can offer some personalized writing for the pamphlet. If you have samples of the person's handwriting, photocopy it on to the pamphlet as artwork.
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Place an insert inside the pamphlet if you need to credit the people who are speaking or participating in the service. This way, the main focus is the memory of the one who has left, not the service itself.
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Be as creative as you want. Include lists of her favorite things, places she did visit, things she accomplished or wanted to accomplish but just missed. Put some of her "famous" quotes in there. And most of all, help your guests remember the essence of who she was.
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