Monday, December 12, 2011

How to Make a Memorial Program Template

So, interested in knowing how to make a  memorial program? Read on.

Funeral memorial program templates are a great way to pay tribute to a loved one by providing a lasting keepsake. Funeral memorial programs should include a cover, a funeral order of service, obituary, and a choice of a poem or prayer on the back.

The cover of the funeral program should include the picture of the loved one along with the name and birth-death date.

Below is a funeral memorial program sample.
funeral program template
What is in a funeral order of service?
Inside the program, you will need to list the order of events that will be taking place at the funeral memorial service. If you need an example memorial program to go by, you may download a free sample memorial program at Funeral Pamphlets.

What is in an obituary?
The obituary include but is not limited to: the deceased love one’s location of birth, information on family, hobbies, and life achievements.
funeral program templates
 Now you should have somewhat of an idea on how to make a  memorial program. You may click on the image above and download a free sample template or purchase a themed funeral memorial program.

Buying Themed Memorial Programs
 If you want to save time and download a free funeral memorial program template outline to speed up your creation of a memorial program, you may do so at FuneralPamphlets.com . You may also purchase already customized memorial templates for Microsoft Word for a low price and print as many as you need.

Below is a butterfly themed memorial program for a funeral service. 

funeral program for a memorial service
Butterfly Memorial Program Theme at FuneralPamphlets.com

You may also want to check out the following posts:

What to Include in a Memorial Order of Service Template

How to Make a Template for an Obituary

How To Write a Funeral Program Obituary - Template

Interested in learning how to write a obituary? Then you have come to the right place because today, you will learn how to make an obituary.

We realize the loss of a loved one may strain the flow of your everyday activities. Unless you want to start from scratch, you may choose to download an obituary program template ,which is easily editable through Microsoft Word. You may also view a obituary program sample. If the sample obituary program does not help you gain insight, then keep on reading.

The following is just a suggestion on how to write an obituary, you may choose which of the following is vital to you.
Consider what you want to include from the following sample obituary format :

Introduction
  • Picture
  • Full Name
  • Age
  • City of location upon death
  • Date and cause of death
Life
  • Date and place of birth
  • Parent names
  • Childhood stories from siblings, friends,and/or classmates.
  • If married, date of marriage and name of spouse
  • Education
  • Achievements
  • Employment, jobs,stories,promotions,etc.
  • Places of residence
  • Hobbies, interests, travels
  • Achievements
  • Other misc. information that might want to be shared on behalf of the deceased loved one
  • Survived by (Spouse,  siblings, children, grandchildren, cousins, in-laws, nephews, nieces, friends)
  • Predeceased by
Service
  • Date, time, place
  • Name of officiant, pallbearer, honorary pallbearer
  • Visitation information
  • Reception information
  • Place of Burial
  • Funeral home name
  • # for more information
Conclusion
  • Donation suggestion information
  • Thank you note to friends and family
  • Poem or quote
  • A few words to sum up loved one’s life
Below is a sample obituary template. Notice with the limitations of the  memorial program, not all of the information above is included. Feel free to construct your obituary with whatever information you feel to be most pertinent.
obituary template for funeral
And a video to further give more insight on creating a obituary program..



  Hopefully by now you have a more solid idea on how to write a obituary. Learning how to make an obituary or how to design one can be a difficult task. If you stumbled upon this page because you wanted to learn how to make an obituary for a funeral program, consider saving time and a headache by visiting FuneralPamphlets.com where you may download a memorial program  template for Microsoft Word instantly.If you choose not to take the short-cut, then we hope we have taught you enough on how to write a obituary.