While it can be a useful exercise to draft one's obituary long before one needs to as a wake up call on how to better live in the present, due to COVID, the act of writing an obituary has become an ...

Can you provide any tips on how to write an obituary? My dad, who has terminal cancer, has asked me to write his obituary, which will be published in the funeral program and run in our local newspaper ...

Writing an obituary can be a problematic task that was recently made evident when I was recounting the life of my mother as a public record. My daughter wanted more of a memorial of the woman whom she ...

CULPEPER, Virginia -- I don’t mean to rush things, but there are good reasons you might write about the person you were when you were alive, well before your obituary is actually needed. Frivolous ...

An obituary may well be the hardest thing to write. It has to be composed in a hurry during a period of bereavement. Those closest to the person who died may not be in a condition to write it. The ...

Re “Why I Write My Obituary Every Year,” by Kelly McMasters (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 29): I felt so connected to Ms. McMasters’s essay. Like her, I started this ritual when I was a child. Back then ...

First, let us offer our condolences for your loss, and we hope these step-by-step instructions makes things a little easier for you during your time of grief. To submit an obituary announcement in ...

They finally stopped showing up, only to be replaced with something offering to help me write an obituary for my loved one. This also struck me as odd, since everyone in my life is fairly healthy ...