Can I make my own funeral program?
Yes, tonight. Add your photos and answer six short questions. We restore the old prints, write the obituary with you and lay out the program, prayer cards and thank-you cards, checked and ready to print.
Who are we remembering?
Free preview of the whole set. Photos are deleted after 30 days. $29 once, only to download.
Step 1 of 5
Who are we remembering?
More about themKnown as, birthplace, wedding date, she or he
Step 2 of 5
Photos
Photograph the old prints right on the table. We find each one, straighten it and clean it.
Ask family to add photosOne link for brothers, sisters and cousins. No account.
They can add photos and comment on the proof. They cannot pay, change the words or delete anything.
Step 3 of 5
Their story
Answer like you would tell a friend. Skip any. We keep your words and never add a fact you did not give us.
Family for the obituarySpouse, children, grandchildren, who passed before
Eulogy to read aloudAbout three minutes. A slash means take a breath.
Step 4 of 5
The service
Order of serviceWho reads what, readings and hymns
Readings in the public domain print in full; others print as a title and reference.
Prayer card and thank-youThe text on the back of the card
Address, officiant, burial and repastPallbearers and a livestream link too
Step 5 of 5
Look and print
DesignFormatBifold, 4 pages
The print check, line by lineNames, dates, margins, photo sharpness, fold order
- The program, print-ready in fold order, plus prayer and thank-you cards, poster and phone page
- Up to 15 photos restored, full size, yours to keep
- Free edits and downloads for 30 days
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How to print it todayAt home, at a print shop or the church office, plus a free test sheet
and print it first to check your printer.
At home: print the print-ready program double-sided, “flip on short edge”, actual size. Fold in half.
Print shop or church office: hand over the print-ready file and say “double-sided, flip on short edge, actual size, fold in half”. FedEx Office and Staples print same day.
Prayer cards: cardstock, 80 to 110 lb, double-sided “flip on long edge”, then cut on the marks.
10 minutes
of typing and a phone. No Word, no templates.
7 items
from one entry: program, cards, poster, eulogy, phone page, photos.
$29 once
after a free preview of everything. No subscription.
Tonight
Print at home, a print shop or the church office. Nothing ships.
How it works
How to make a funeral program tonight
Most templates give you a layout and a blank box. The two parts families dread are the old photos and the words. That is where the work goes.
Photograph the old prints, right on the table
We find the four corners of each print, straighten it and crop away the table. Then an image model removes creases, dust, stains and fading. Siblings can add their own photos from a link you text them.
- A check compares the cleaned photo with yours and counts the faces. If anything drifted, we keep your original.
- Every original is one tap away, and the restored copies are yours to keep.
Answer six short questions, get the words
Where they grew up, what they did, who they loved, what they always said, one small habit, what they would want people to do now. Type or speak. You get an obituary and a three minute eulogy to read aloud, with breath marks.
- Your own phrases stay in. Those are the lines people remember.
- A second pass checks every statement against your answers and takes out what it cannot trace. Ages come from the dates, never a guess. How the check works.
Obituary, drafted from your answers
For 31 years Dorothy ran the cafeteria at Parker-Bennett Elementary. She knew every kid’s name and which ones needed an extra roll. At home she kept peppermints in a yellow Folgers can on top of the refrigerator.
Pick the tradition, check the proof, print
The order of service fills in for a Protestant service, a Catholic funeral Mass, a homegoing, a celebration of life or a non-religious service. Type who reads what. Then you see the whole set, and the print check tells you if anything will print wrong.
- The check reads the real layout: names and dates match everywhere, nothing within a quarter inch of the edge, every photo sharp enough for its size.
- The preview is free and shows everything. Pay $29 only when it looks right.
Order of service
- PreludeOrgan
- Hymn: Amazing GraceAll
- Psalm 23Ruth Ellis
- ObituaryRead silently
- EulogyDaniel Hensley
- BenedictionRev. Carter
Print check
- Name and dates match
- Age 85, from the dates
- Inside the safe margin
- Pages in fold order
- Cover photo: 180 ppi, fine
The memorial set
Everything for the service, from one entry
Change the service time once and it changes on every item. The program comes twice: page by page, and print-ready in fold order with fold marks.
Program
Bifold, large bifold, 8-page booklet or trifold
2.5 by 4.25 inches, six to a sheet
Thank-you cards
6 by 4 inches, two to a sheet
Photo poster
18 by 24 inches, for an easel at the service
Real output from the sample memorial, with the photos straightened but not yet restored.
Every item, size and what is on itProgram, prayer and thank-you cards, poster, eulogy, phone page, restored photos
| Item | Size | What is on it |
|---|---|---|
| Program | Bifold, large bifold, 8-page booklet or trifold | Cover photo, obituary, order of service, readings, a life in photos, the thank-you and a QR code |
| Prayer cards | 2.5 by 4.25 inches, six to a sheet | Photo on the front, the name, dates and a prayer or psalm on the back |
| Thank-you cards | 6 by 4 inches, two to a sheet | Photo, name and the family’s thank-you |
| Photo poster | 18 by 24 inches | The cover photo and up to eight more |
| Eulogy | Letter, large type | The eulogy with breath marks, easy to read at a lectern |
| Phone page | A web page | The obituary, service time and place with a map link, and the livestream; the QR code on the program opens it |
| Restored photos | Full size JPG | Every original and every restored copy, yours to keep and share |
Why this and not a template
A designer’s result, tonight, for $29
| Template site | Hired designer | Funeral Program | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $20 to $70 | $200 to $400 | $29 once |
| Old photos | Placed as they are | Retouched | Straightened and restored, faces checked |
| Obituary and eulogy | A blank box | Not included | Written from your words, every claim checked |
| Matching cards and poster | Often extra | Sometimes | Included |
| Print check | No | One or two proofs | On every change |
| Ready | Tonight, if you can do the rest | One to three days | Tonight |
Traditions
An order of service for your tradition
Each tradition starts with the order most programs print. Every line can be changed, moved or removed.
Scripture from the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims Bible, and hymns and poems published before 1929, print in full. Newer texts, such as the current Catholic Lectionary or “How Great Thou Art”, print as a title and reference your church will recognize. The Catholic order follows the Order of Christian Funerals.
Printing
Printing it today
- At home: print the free test sheet, then the print-ready program double-sided, “flip on short edge”, actual size. 28 to 32 lb paper works; 65 lb cardstock feels better.
- At a print shop: FedEx Office, Staples and local shops usually print and fold the same day. Say “double-sided, flip on short edge, actual size, fold in half”.
- At the church office: the same file and the same words work on an office copier.
How many to print and what it costs: the funeral program printing guide. Only need the obituary? The free obituary template writes it from the same six questions, with obituary examples and a guide on how to write an obituary.
Price
One price for the whole set
See every item first, watermarked, with two photos restored for free. Pay once when it looks right. If something is wrong, write to us and we refund within 30 days.
Complete memorial set
$29 once
- Program in any format, print-ready
- Prayer card, thank-you card, poster, phone page
- Up to 15 photos restored, yours to keep
- Obituary and read-aloud eulogy
- Free edits and downloads for 30 days
Frequently asked questions
Can I make my own funeral program?
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What goes in a funeral program?
How many pages should a funeral program be?
Will my old photos look good in print?
Does the AI make up things about my mother?
How do I print a funeral program at home?
Can my family add photos too?
What happens to the photos I upload?
Start with their name
The cover appears as you type. You can stop at any point and come back on this device, or from your account after you buy.
Make the programQuestions while you work? Write to michael@1000ventures.io. A person answers, usually within a few hours between 7 am and 11 pm US Eastern.