Step One: Contact Funeral Home

If you are having a funeral home handle the arrangements, more than likely the director will write up the obituary, which is then processed and distributed to local newspapers for publication. However, if you want or need to write an obituary for an out-of-state newspaper, memorial website or funeral program, you will need to know what information to include. The funeral director can also help with this. The funeral director can also tell you if there are any fees associated with writing up the obituary as well as a specific length.