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your grief, and being chosen to give reading from a script. The more you
a eulogy is an honor and should be practice the more comfortable you
treated that way. Here are some tips will be. Make them laugh, but be
for writing and delivering an eloquent respectful. A funeral is not a roast,
and memorable eulogy. however there is room for humor
Gather information. Talk with family in your eulogy. Fondly remember a
members, close friends and co- story about the person that everyone
workers to get important information can relate to. Keep it appropriate,
on the deceased. Some important there will be children and the elderly
information to include in the eulogy there who may not share the same
is the person’s family and other close sense of humor. Laughter is truly the
relationships, their education/career, best medicine, and some well-placed
hobbies or special interests, places humor will help people cope, and
the person lived or travelled to, and will bring back fond memories of the
any special accomplishments they deceased.
had. Don’t be afraid to show emotion.
Organize your thoughts. Jot down Funerals are an extremely emotional
your ideas by whatever means are event, nobody expects you not to
most comfortable and familiar to you. shed a few tears. However, if you feel
Create an outline of your speech, that you will be too strongly overcome
and fill in the information that you by your emotions, have a back-up
gathered about the person. plan in place where someone you
Write it down. This is not a toast at a trust can deliver the eulogy for you.
wedding where you can make off the Give them a copy well in advance if
cuff remarks, and you should not adlib you feel this could be an issue.
a eulogy. Writing it all down allows Have a glass of water as well as
you to include and remember every tissues handy.
detail you wanted to incorporate in
your speech. When you bring a copy Obituaries and Death
of your eulogy to the podium make Notices
sure it is easy to read, print it out in
a large font, or if hand-written leave Occasionally a newspaper will
a few spaces between the lines. Keep consider the passing of a loved one
in mind your time constraints, it’s as newsworthy. In this situation, the
best to keep things on the short side, newspaper will print an obituary at
especially if there are other speakers. no cost to the family. A death notice,
Review and Revise. Your first draft will in contrast is a means by which
not be the last. When you think you the family uses the newspaper to
are done, sleep on it and look it over inform relatives and friends of the
in the morning when it is fresh again, passing. The family is charged for
Practice, Practice, Practice. Read over the death notice, and the timing of
your eulogy several times in order to the print is usually the day before the
become familiar with it. Practice in planned arrangements begin. The
front of a mirror, read it over to some death notice will contain the name
friends or family and have them give of the deceased, age, where they
you feedback. Become familiar with are from, date of passing, relations,
your speech so you can recite without arrangements, service date, time
making it look as though you’re and location, final disposition and if
charitable donations are requested.
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