The People of Lippert-Olson Funeral Home
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At Lippert Funeral Home we are glad to assist you by writing your obituary and then having you review it. Then we will make any changes you wish. We realize that some people prefer to do this themselves. Here is a step by step guide on how we write an obituary. This can easily be used by anyone who wishes to write an obituary for our local newspaper. The obituary we are using in our sample is the obituary that was published in the Sheboygan Press for the late Roland Lippert who owned this funeral home. The text in the blue color is the part of the obituary we are looking at when you go to the samples.
In the first paragraph we include the following information: Click here to go to sample obituary
Name
Age
Address
Date of Death
Place of Death
Cause or suspected cause of death
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Date of birth
Birthplace
Parents names
Educational accomplishments
Military service if applicable
Which war or conflict they served in
Where stationed if overseas
Marriages
Residential history
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Post High School Education
Degrees Earned
Licenses Held
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Work history and work affiliations
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Church membership and organizations within the church.
Civic memberships
Fraternal Memberships
Club Memberships
With all the above include any positions or offices the person may have held
Hobbies
Other interests
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Survivors, include spouse in parenthesis and city & state of residence
Spouse
Children
Grandchildren
Great-Grandchildren
Great-Great-Grandchildren
Parents
Grandparents
Brothers
Sisters
Nephews
Nieces
Cousins
Friends
List family that preceded him/her in death, usually spouse, parents, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers and sisters
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Service
Include day, date, time and place of service
Name of officiant and their title
Place of burial or entombment
Visitation information including day, time and place of visitation(s)
Memorial Services held by others (include day, time and place)
Vigil or Prayer Services being held (include day, time and place)
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Listing of any memorial funds that may have been established and for what cause(s) or organization(s).
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Mention of any people or groups you wish to publicly thank for care given to the deceased.