Ask them what they remember about him or her in various roles (office manager, HOA president, marathon runner, prom chaperon, favorite uncle, dismal but determined golfer, etc.) at different times in their lives (at summer camp, during cosmetology school, after her divorce, etc., depending on when the person was closest to the obituee). Talk to your family and others who knew the obituee.If you want more advice, ideas, and examples, try these ideas: To learn how to write a unique, modern obituary without a template download my free Quick-Start Guide to Writing an Online Obituary. Write a fresh, original tribute, not a résumé and not an old-fashioned print obituary, or “death notice,” as a newspaper would call it. Why do we dread obituary writing? And why are obituaries so gloomy and colorless? Toss the templates.
