Tips For Funeral Home Death Announcements

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home Ltd. under funeral home
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Your loved ones touched a lot of lives when they were around. Once they pass on, you want to ensure that they are getting the care they need from funeral homes in Trilla, IL, but you also want to make sure that everyone who cared about them is informed of their death. The first thing you will do is call family members and close friends. You can even ask those people to call others in order to spread the news further. But you may not have contact with everyone your loved one knew and you want to make sure the community at large is informed of their passing. Here are a few tips on how to write up a death announcement.

Use Their Full Name/Names

If your loved one was married, you’ll want to include their maiden name as well as their married name. If they went by Peg instead of Patricia, include that nickname as well. That way, anyone who knew them would be able to identify them. Their full formal, current name might not mean much to someone who knew them by their nickname or by the name they used in college or high school. Using all of the names will help everyone have a chance to notice who it is and recognize that they have passed.

Utilize A Picture Of Them Alone

You can also put a picture with the death announcement if you wish. It’s best to leave family members out and just put a picture of your loved one alone with the announcement. That way, there is no confusion over who has passed on. While it’s up to you whether you place a picture of them from years ago or one that is more recent, most people want something that people will recognize. Try to find something that shows how they looked in more recent years so those who knew them lately will know they are gone.

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Have Professionals Help

There are lots of details that can go into a death announcement. You want to list their name, birth date, and death date. You don’t have to list how they died, but you can make a statement if you choose. You could say something like ‘succumbed to cancer or something to that effect to let people know they battled an illness. But the cause of their death is personal and you don’t have to list anything if you don’t want to. It’s also common to list family members that passed on before and those that still survive. Your funeral home professionals will help you include the important details, as well as which family members you might want to list and who you can leave out.

There are many details to final services that are important and when you work with funeral homes in Trilla, IL, writing the death announcement will feel a bit easier since you don’t have to worry about messing things up on your own. The experts at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home Ltd are here for you the whole way through.

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Since 1985, Gregory and Sylvia Jerdan have operated the family business with a commitment to serve their community and surrounding area with dignity and respect. They plan to continue into the future as the "people you can rely on, both today and tomorrow".

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