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Funeral Program Example


A funeral program (sometime referred to as a memorial service bulletin or memorial program) is a printed booklet that can contain a photo, photo collages,  memorial service information, obituary, poems and acknowledgments.  Elegant Memorials'  funeral program templates focus on the person's life and personalize the funeral programs to reflect the individuality of your loved one. All text is customized, and any information can be included in accordance with the wishes of the family.  Browse our Funeral Program Template Design Gallery to select a funeral program template that's right for your loved one.  Place an order today!



Components of a Funeral Program...

The Outside Cover (Bifold)

 

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  • Photos of Deceased
  • Choose from our selection of phrases or titles of the Programs:
    • Home Going Celebration; In Loving Memory; In Memory; A Memorial Tribute; Celebrating the Life; Honoring the Life; In Remembrance; Remembering the Life; Memorial Tribute; Celebrating Her Spirit; Honoring her Spirit or any custom phrase
  • Location; Date; Time; Name of Service Leader
  • Date of Birth and Date of Death




Order of Service

The Order of Service serves as a guide to the funeral service.  Below is an outline of a "traditional" funeral service.  Funerals or Memorials can follow any format, and can be tailored to fit your loved ones wishes.  For more information about different funeral services or memorials, review our Memorial Resources section on the website.

 
Prelude - anything that serves as a preceding event or introduces the events that follow; Ex. Instrumental Song, Poem, Choir, Solo Singer
Procession – Group Entrance (usually family and immediate family) into a ceremony or service
Prayer Moment of Silence (Remembrance)
Reading (Scriptural, Poem, favorite excerpt)
Hymn Song of Comfort
Acknowledgments (family members, hospice, community members)
Obituary Reading
Hymn (Song of Comfort)
Eulogy/Tributes/Funeral Poems
Benediction/Closing -  Short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually at the end of a service
Recessional (Song/ Procession or “exiting” of the service)

Obituary

An obituary is a notice or announcement, of a person's death, to include an account of their life.  Obituaries are an important part of the funeral program and are the last words written about someone's life.  For details about writing an obituary and to view sample obituaries,  reference Elegant Memorial’s article on “How to Write an Obituary” and our sample obituaries under Memorial Resources.

 

Poems/Eulogies/Tributes

Poems are used in funeral programs to bring comfort to the grieving, or to help celebrate the life of the deceased.  Eulogies, tributes and special poems can be included to help personalize the program.  Elegant Memorials can provide a variety of funeral poems for your funeral programs.  Review our memorial/funeral poems and songs in our Memorial Resources section of our website.

Special Acknowledgments /Thank You Notes

This section of the program  expresses gratitude to  friends, family and organizations that have shown special support  in your loved one's life.  It can be highly personalized or contain standard text.



 


 

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  • Add your photos, text and clipart
  • ALL text is editable. Include any information that you need.
  • Change fonts, font colors, border colors and styles
  • Add an Obituary, Order of Service, Funeral Poems or Scriptures
  • Print at home or take to a Print and Copy Shop to get as many copies as need

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The funeral program is a document that is given out at funeral or memorial services or sent to loved ones through mail or electronically. It gives the key points in the funeral, memorial, or celebration of life service and summarizes the life accomplishments of your loved one. Elegant Memorials provides professionally designed, easy to use memorial and funeral program templates to help you easily create the perfect funeral program keepsake or funeral prints to share with friends and family. We also have an extensive variety of memorial bookmark templates, prayer card templates and clipart packages.

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Our unique memorial clipart helps you personalize your funeral program, bookmark or prayer card with religious, floral or memorial images that make your keepsakes one of a kind. Choose from a wide variety of crosses, flowers, borders, flourishes, separators and much more.

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Elegant Memorials Funeral Templates can be edited by using Microsoft Word, MS Publisher or MAC Pages or OpenOffice and are easy to edit.

  • Templates come with sample text...simply remove the sample text and replace with your specific information
  • Picture placeholder makes inserting a cover photo simple and easy
  • Add your own pictures, photos or clipart
  • Fonts, Font Styles, Borders are all editable
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