Chronological Eulogies

Video Transcript

"Okay, the first style or type of eulogy that you might write, you might choose, is chronological or life history. That's what it's called. And the things that will be involved in a chronological or life history eulogy are listed right here. First, information about the person's life. This could be where they were born, when they were born, what brothers and sisters, family members, wife, husband, children. Anything that might be pertinent information about this person's life. Then you want to look at awards. Did they win any awards? Were they journalist of the year? Were they best dressed in high school? Were they most likely to succeed? Whatever awards they might have won, you want to mention these at this point. Next take a look at achievements. What did this person achieve? Were they the only person in their family to graduate from college? Did they get a masters degree? Did they get a PhD? What did they accomplish, achievements. At this point you want to talk about experiences, and you might pick several experiences, one or two, to talk about. When they traveled to Africa on safari, when they worked at the church vacation Bible school one summer. Something that is interesting and pertinent to the person that you're eulogizing. The last thing is anecdotes, as if they were journal entries. And what this is, is this is information, sayings, things, statements that remind you about this person. And all of this information can be factual, and if it's factual it will help remove you from the emotional element of talking about losing someone that you loved."