As much as you love someone, recalling the details of their life at the time of their death is an overwhelming responsibility. For someone close to the person dying, writing an obituary is comforting by remembering the defining moments of an individual's life may bring comfort. Having the obituary already written and on file with your funeral provider, is not as difficult to do as you may think. What is an obituary? An obituary can be a very personal look at a life. It need not only be a summation of the public facts, but a glimpse of the uniqueness, when combined with those "facts," created a personality. Written by someone who is close to you, an obituary becomes an intimate view of what made you memorable to others. Written by you, it becomes your personal life's story. One detail that often escapes even the most thorough planner is to write an obituary. Writing an obituary is another thing, that can be taken care of in advance. How to write an obituary? Writing an obituary is often helpful when someone close has died or may be dying. An obituary can be as basic as containing only public facts about a person's life like their birth, family tree, their death. One can also include the persons photograph along with the vocational and personal interests he was involved with when alive. Through an obituary one can also relate your thoughts, experiences and memories with them. An obituary also contains a list of immediate survivors like children, grandchildren, spouse or siblings who were closely associated with the deceased. As an obituary also serves as a notification that an individual has passed away, it is best to check with the newspaper services if they have space. Composing the obituary has to be carefully done as it needs to appear few days prior to the memorial service.... http://groups.google.com/group/familytreesyvs

dogqruomlrsa@yahoo.com wrote: > As much as you love someone, recalling the details of their life at > the time of their death is an overwhelming responsibility. For someone > close to the person dying, writing an obituary is comforting by > remembering the defining moments of an individual's life may bring > comfort. Having the obituary already written and on file with your > funeral provider, is not as difficult to do as you may think. > What is an obituary? spammer trying to earn click through dollars Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG