LOVING OBITUARY ASSISTANT
Free Obituary Writer
Writing an obituary is hard to start. The assistant asks a series of thoughtful questions about your loved one — their life, their family, the things they cared about — and organizes your answers into a first draft you can read, change and keep. It is free to use, and every word remains yours to edit.
An obituary and a funeral program are not the same thing. The obituary is the written tribute itself. The program is the printed booklet handed out at the service, which usually carries the obituary alongside the order of service.
How it works
Three steps, at whatever pace suits you. Nothing is published and nothing is shared.
STEP One
Answer guided questions
The assistant works through one short step at a time — names and dates, family, work and service, the things they were known for. Answer what you can and skip what you cannot.
STEP Two
Review the generated obituary
A first draft is written from your answers. Read it as a whole, then ask for changes in your own words until the wording sounds like your family rather than like a form.
STEP Three
Copy or save the wording
Copy the finished text straight from the panel, or save it and we will email you a single-use link back to it so you can return to the draft later.
What to have ready
You do not need any of this to begin, and you can come back and add to it. Having some of it to hand simply makes the questions quicker to answer.
- Full name, and the name they were known by
- Date and place of birth, and date of passing
- Family — spouse, children, parents, siblings, grandchildren
- Education, work and any military or public service
- Faith, congregation, clubs and community involvement
- Personality, interests and the memories people retell
- Service details, if they have been arranged yet
Before you use the wording
The assistant is a writing aid, not a record. It arranges what you tell it and suggests phrasing; it does not know your family, and it can only be as accurate as the answers it is given.
So read the draft through once more before it is printed or shared, and check the details that matter most: the spelling of every name, all dates, relationships, and the time and place of the service. Change anything that does not sound like your loved one. The words are yours — the assistant only helps you find them.
Next steps after writing
Once the wording is settled, there are three ways to go on.
Design and printing
We build the funeral program around your obituary, photographs and service details, then print it in the format you choose.
Print a finished file
If the program has already been designed and exported, we print it as supplied, with no design work.
Read the guides
Guidance on formats, photographs and what a program usually includes, gathered in one place.
Start when you are ready
There is no account to make and nothing to pay. Begin whenever it feels right, leave it whenever you need to, and come back to it.