Obituary Checklist



Obituary Checklist

The obituary checklist is only a guide for basic information. Please feel free to include any pertinent information for your loved one’s obituary. All of the information listed below is optional and you and your family can decide what to use or not use in the obituary notice. After ordering your obituary, please send the obituary written in narrative form in Word, WordPerfect, or plain text in an email and photo(s) to greekobituary@. If you only have a PDF or would like us to compose the obituary from this checklist, please select the retyping option when ordering the obituary at shop

At least one photo is requested for the main obituary. Additional photos may be included in the photo gallery at no extra cost. Please send the largest photos available. We can crop or edit.

Name (First, Middle, Last): ______________________________________________________________________________

Nickname (optional): ______________________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth:

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Date of Death and Age at Death: ______________________________________________________________________________

Last Residence City and State:

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Other City(s)/State(s) where they lived:

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Place of Birth: ______________________________________________________________________________

Cause and Place of Death (optional): ______________________________________________________________________________

Spouse / Marriage Date: ______________________________________________________________________________

Education / School(s) Attended: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Active Duty Military or Veteran? Military branch (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy), rank, assignments, awards, locations served, years of service:

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Employment / Profession or Past Employment / Profession: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Organizations Involved in: ______________________________________________________________________________

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If they were a member of the AHEPA family, you may wish to contact the local AHEPA chapter to see if they are available to do the brief 5 minute AHEPA memorial service at either the Trisagion or funeral, depending on clergy preference. We can guide you to AHEPA contacts if you do not have any. If the person was a continuous member of AHEPA from before 1970, they may be entitled to a $200 AHEPA death benefit. Please contact AHEPA to find out more.

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Hobbies and Interests (golf, cooking, favorite author, volunteering, etcetera): ______________________________________________________________________________

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Traits/Personality (i.e. sense of humor, sunny personality that was very engaging): ______________________________________________________________________________

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Parents and Grandparents: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Children (including spouses / significant others): ______________________________________________________________________________

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Grandchildren (and Great-Grandchildren): ______________________________________________________________________________

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Siblings: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Others (aunts, uncles, friends, nieces, nephews, grandparents, pets, etc.):

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Preceded in death by: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Favorite quotes or sayings (or what made them unique): ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Your clergy and / or funeral director should give you information on service information (locations, dates, and times), including memorials, funeral, cemetery or other disposition information. Please include them here. If any service is private, please include that too.

Memorial (Trisagion) location, date, and time: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Funeral location, date, and time: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Mercy meal (Makaria) following the funeral service ____ or cemetery ____? Details:

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Cemetery location (or other disposition), date, and time: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Other related events - location, date, and time: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Donations to charity in lieu of flowers?

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Genealogy link(s). If other relatives are on Greek Obituary, we can link them to each other:

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People who should be emailed obituary notification (include full name and email):

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The next step is to compose the obituary in a narrative form. You may take a look at other obituaries on Greek Obituary to see examples of how they are written.

Email the obituary written in narrative form in Word, WordPerfect, or plain text and photo(s) to greekobituary@. If you only have a PDF or would like us to compose the obituary from this checklist for you, please select the retyping option when ordering. Email at least one photo.

Order the obituary at shop

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