There are generally two different obituaries when dealing with the death of a loved one. The newspaper obituary is a shorter obituary focusing on survivors and funeral service information. The funeral program obituary allows for a much more detailed story.

When attending a funeral, it has become very customary to provide a funeral program for the family and friends of a loved one. It serves as a very informative keepsake about a person’s life and also about the final services.

The main part of any funeral program is the obituary portion which is the story of their life, from birth to death for everyone to know about what the loved one has done during their time here on this earth. It is generally considered the most important part of the funeral program because it really gives a detailed writing about the life of the person. Being so important, it is also considered the hardest part to put together because information has to be pulled from different sources to really cover the entire life of a person, and not just one person’s viewpoint.