NEWSPAPER GUIDELINES

There are many ways to say farewell from formal funeral services to private home-setting celebrations. They all form a part of the way we say goodbye. Obituaries or death notices, however, are a public way we share our final farewell celebration. It is part of the way we say goodbye - the public posting of final words. Some obituaries indicate much thought and much reflection on the life that was lived.

A death notice is a paid notice  in the local newspaper it is usually the smaller  one in size , but there is a charge per line which outlines, the day ,the time and place of the service and  visiting,  A pictures can also be added for a extra charge also.

An obituary is usually a more detailed account of a person's life and is often prepared for the newspaper from information given to the funeral director by the family. Obituaries are a written form of collective remembrances. It will  include the persons, work and school history , It will list the church and  all the clubs or organizations that the person belonged too, and the persons immediate survivors ie: Husband, wife, children etc.

Obituaries are also used as bulletins or programs for the church service or ceremony and are usually much more expressive than the notice placed  in the newspaper

When community members leave, whether we know them personally or not, we mark their time with us by publicly commemorating their passing. These  final words are one way we say goodbye and the way we will remember. These final words are often the way survivors pay tribute, perhaps make amends, and express hope for immortality.