AI Obituary Writer
A dignified, personal obituary from the details you provide — ready for the newspaper, the funeral program, or an online memorial.
Their Story
Your Obituary Draft
The Hardest Paragraph You Will Ever Write
Writing an obituary usually lands on one family member, on the worst week of their life, with a newspaper deadline measured in hours. Grief makes every sentence feel inadequate, and the blank page makes it worse. Most people are not struggling with writing ability — they are struggling to compress an entire person into a few hundred words while grieving them.
This tool handles the structure so you can handle the remembering. Give it the facts — name, dates, family, work, service details — plus the small true things: the garden, the laugh, the forty years at the plant, the way they never missed a grandkid's game. The AI shapes those into a proper obituary with the announcement, the life story, the survivors, and the service information in the order newspapers and funeral directors expect.
Then make it yours. Add the detail only you know, check every name and date twice, and read it aloud once. Nobody will know where the first draft came from. They will only remember that it sounded like them.
How It Works
Step 1: Enter the facts. Name, age, dates, city, surviving family, career, and service details. Do not worry about complete sentences.
Step 2: Add what made them them. Hobbies, achievements, faith, humor, the things people will mention at the visitation. Two or three specifics transform the result.
Step 3: Choose tone and length. Traditional for the newspaper, celebration-of-life for a memorial page, extended for the funeral program.
Step 4: Review like family will read it. Because they will. Verify spellings of every name, then personalize before submitting.
Real Ways People Use It
Newspaper submissions: A standard-length draft that fits the paper's format and word-count pricing, ready to email to the obituary desk.
Funeral programs: The extended version gives the funeral director clean copy for the printed program.
Online memorials: A warm celebration-of-life version for memorial websites and social announcements.
Pre-planning: Some people draft their own or a parent's obituary in advance, when there is time to get it right.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should an obituary include?
The essentials: full name, age, city, date and place of passing, birth details, surviving family, a short account of their life and work, and service details. A personal detail or two is what turns a notice into a tribute.
How long should an obituary be?
Newspaper obituaries usually run 200 to 400 words, and most papers charge by the word or line. Funeral programs and online memorials have no real limit.
What is the difference between an obituary and a eulogy?
An obituary is a published notice, meant to be read. A eulogy is a speech delivered at the service, meant to be heard. Our AI eulogy writer builds the speech from your memories.
Is this obituary writer free?
Yes. 100% free with no accounts and no signup required.
Is what I enter kept private?
Your input is sent securely to our AI service to generate the obituary and is not stored after the request completes. Avoid entering sensitive details like exact addresses.
Can I edit the generated obituary?
You should. The draft gives you structure and wording; check every name, date, and spelling, and read it aloud once before submitting it anywhere.
Want the full playbook? Read our guide: How to Write an Obituary.