Giving flowers is still common but so is accepting donations to the charity or memorial fund.

You are hereby invited to bring the casual shirt you think you look the best in, your favorite Jill Story, and your favorite thing to cook to St. Jill always preferred a party to more solemn displays of community, which is why we will be having a celebration of life instead of a funeral. You can also include any relevant information on what to wear to the funeral or what to bring. List the time, day, date, place, and location of whatever end-of-life service you have, assuming you would like the public to attend. Step #4 - Add funeral or Memorial Details (if desired) Jill was predeceased by both of her parents (Richard and Ethel), her brother Jack, leaves behind two loving daughters (Sarah and Victoria), one son (Brandon), and eight vivacious grandchildren. Number of grandchildren and descendants.You can also mention any grandparents, uncles, and other relatives you’d like to include.Full names of siblings, parents, children, and the spouse (living and deceased).After the war she continued her journalistic photography and met Joe, a quiet professor in Brooklyn at a book club, and they spent three long decades together before Joe passed away from lung cancer. She graduated top of her class in high school despite “always fending off attention from those Catholic boys” and went on to become a prominent (and rare) female war photographer during the Vietnam War, portraying humanity in an environment where often the very worst, but sometimes the very best, examples of it existed.

Jill was a witty firebrand whose dramatic entrance (a whopping 30 hours of labor) in 1944 would be indicative of her electric life. If you know they didn’t care about their job but spent more time outdoors than anyone you knew, talk about their favorite trips and experiences.

Defining moments in their lives (military service, notable professional achievements, when they met their future spouse, etc.) ‍.

What they were like growing up (tying threads to their adult self).

Just start writing and don’t stop yourself - you can always edit and trim down later.

There is no one way to do this section, but you should try to create a complete snapshot of someone’s life. She passed her in sleep, surrounded by the very people she watched over with incredible care for so many years. Jill, known affectionately by her devilish grandkids as “G-Ma JJ”, left to give her late husband Joe a piece of her mind on June 4th, 2022.

Date of Birth, and where they were born.

You'll want to include these details at the beginning: How to Write an Obituary (Step-by-Step Breakdown + Example) Step #1 - Start with the basics: announce the death

Samples of obituaries for a father