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Funeral Eulogies - How to Write an
Effective Funeral Eulogy
By Margaret Marquisi
Everybody dies, that must be the most certain thing in
this world. In a blink of an eye, somebody has to go and
leave the hearts of those he or she loves grieving. No
matter what humans do in order to extend life to the
person who is to die, there is nothing that and change
fate when it is destined to happen. We do not have the
power to alter the process of the universe. We are not
God. It is a sad fact that we will be confronted with at
one time or another. Most of the time, we are only left
with the memories we shared with the person who died.
Whenever death happens to people we love, we find
ourselves wanting to share the beautiful life of the
person who died to every living sol we know. So we
resort to giving a funeral eulogies- written testimonies
of how meaningfully the person lived his or her life in
this world, and how or she has touched us as a person.
Funeral eulogies are our last way of commending the
person for all his or her laudable attributes and great
contributions to us and other people. There are many
good things about the person that only we as a family or
as a friend know. Sad to say but sometimes, it is only
at a funeral eulogy that we share about these.
We want the best for the people we love, even at the
moment of their death. In the same way, we want our
loved ones to give the best for us, even at our own
death. When a loved one dies, we want the best things
about him or her to be known. We want to deliver a
funeral speech that would linger in the minds of all
people who hear it. We want them to know how we feel for
having this person in our lives. We want them to realize
how lucky we were for having such a good person to be a
part of who we are. That is what a good funeral speech
is for.
Funeral eulogies may follow a certain style or a theme.
This would depend on our relationship to the person who
died. Our funeral eulogies may talk about an account of
the life of the person. It may also be about the
memories you shared with him or her and how you could
not forget the person. It can dwell on the person's
achievements, struggles and triumphs. It may also talk
about his or her legacy.
The greater part of making a funeral speech more
effective lies on how one will deliver it. A good and
effective funeral speech must be delivered with
conviction. One has to feel what he or she has written.
The speaker must be a living manifestation of what he or
she is saying. If the speaker fails to deliver the
speech effectively, then his or her speech will be
easily forgotten. The life of the person who departed
will be placed into the wilderness.
Margaret Marquisi is a retired writer and fulltime
grandmother. To learn more about writing a funeral
speech or to learn about funeral speeches in general,
visit her website. |
