Eulogy Writing
These headings are simply a guide to help you organise your thoughts. If you don’t know any aspect about the life you are writing about, don’t worry it doesn’t detract from the eulogy.
Birth
- Name, nicknames
- Date
- Location
Family
- Parents
- Siblings
- Other significant family members
Marriage(s) or significant relationships
- How where and when did the couple meet?
- Date of wedding
- Honeymoon?
Children
- Names
- dates of birth and places
- Anecdotes of being a parent
Characteristics
- Happy, easy going
- Worrier
- Loving, affectionate, friendly
- Generous, considerate, thoughtful
- Private, non talkative
Hobbies and Interests
- Arts and crafts
- Music
- Mechanical or building handyman
- Community involvement
- Fishing/sport
- Gardening
Holidays
- Annual family holidays
- House
- Caravan
- Camping
- Travel in Australia/ Overseas
Life as a child
- School experiences
- Schools attended
- Liked/disliked things about school
- Sports or school activities
- Activities
- Guides/scouts
- Sport outside of school
- Amusing anecdotes
- Tertiary studies
Work Experiences
- Age left school
- First job
- With which company
- Doing what duties
- Happy?
- Subsequent jobs
- Companies
- Duties
Other:
- Pets
- Grandchildren
- Names
- ages
- Grandparent name?
- Books
- Movies
- Television
End of Life
- Onset of illness(es)
- Diagnosis
- Place and time of death
- Surrounded by family or alone