Downloadable Documents

Newspaper Worksheet

The Newspaper Worksheet is a template for writing an obituary. Use it as a guide for what information to include and order for the obituary to unfold. Feel free to visit the obituary section of this web site for more examples of obituaries.

Survivor Checklist

The Survivor Checklist is a useful tool with some of the next steps important to take after a death has occurred. Not everything in the list will apply to everyone, but some of it does.

Why We Need Death Certificates

"Why We Need Death Certificates" is a document that helps survivors to calculate how many death certificates they might need after a death has occurred.

VA Marker Inscriptions

VA Marker Inscriptions is a document that displays some of the marker emblems and logos that can be placed on a Veteran's marker, as well as some of the inscriptions that are given by the VA as examples of text that can be displayed for the Veteran on the marker.