Sample of Funeral Announcements

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The Funeral Program Site offers beautiful funeral templates for announcements that you can create very easily and quickly. After a death of a loved one, you may need to write funeral announcements for the newspaper, an email, letter, and/or card to family members, friends, and acquintances. Funeral announcements are a short summarization of where the memorial or funeral service will be held at as well as a brief sentence of when and how your loved one passed.

The funeral announement varies from the person’s funeral obituary because it is meant to announce the location of the memorial service whereas, the obituary gives a more detailed account of the person’s life. Often the funeral home you have chosen will have sample funeral announcements for you to review but if not, we have compiled a sample of funeral announcements to give you an idea of what it is comprised of.

Announcements can range in length from a few sentences to one paragraph, depending on how much room you are alotted (for publications) or that you want to note. You can use funeral thank you card templates as announcements and just change the wording on the front cover of the card. You can also send out the funeral announcements via email.

Sample of Funeral Announcements

• Susan Jackson is sad to report the death of her husband John Jackson, who died on July 26, 2008 in a tragic automobile accident. He was 50 years old and worked for the California Department of Housing Unit. A keen inspector, he was deeply involved with the local protection of housing act and green living. He will be deeply missed by friends and family.John’s funeral service will be held on July 30, 2008 at 4.00 p.m. Shadelands, Walnut Creek

• Kerry Ann Mobley passed away on October 23, 2008 at the age of 53 after a long battle with cancer. Kerry was a loving and devoted wife and mother. She will be greatly missed by all her family and friends. The funeral service will take place on October 30, 2008 at St Jude’s Catholic Church, Corner Street, New Haven, at 11.00 a.m. Floral tributes may be sent.

• Mrs Leslie Warren (74), Hanover Street, England. Passed away suddenly at home on 11th February 2007. Funeral to be arranged by SW Funeral Services, England

• Ernest Golden is sad to report the death his wife, Jennifer Golden, who died on September 27th, 2006, after a two year battle with illness. She was 46 years old and worked for Dinest Elementary School. A wonderful teacher, she was heavily involved with local youth community groups and will be sorely missed by friends and family.

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