How it works
A memorial, taken in three small steps.
Obit is built for the days when finishing things is hard. You can start with the basics, leave it, and come back. Other people can join you. The page stays private until you say otherwise.
- 1
Write what you remember.
Start where you are. There is no right order.
- The basics are enough on the first pass. A name, the dates you know, a few sentences about who they were.
- An obituary draft you can sit with. Voice tone you can change later. Notes you've already written elsewhere can be pasted in.
- Nothing is published yet. Everything stays in your private workspace until you choose to share.
- 2
Gather your family.
The hard parts get lighter when more people add to them.
- Invite anyone who knew them, by email. They can add stories and photos at their own pace.
- You stay the steward. Other people contribute; you decide what becomes part of the page.
- Photos can be the hero image, a small gallery, or both. The family in the room often has photos you don't.
- 3
Share one link.
When you're ready, the page goes out as one quiet address.
- Public, link-only, or password-protected. Switch back to private any time.
- Travels well: a text message, a card, the inside of a eulogy program, an email to a wider room.
- Tributes from visitors arrive for your review. Approve, hide, or keep them as private memories for the family.
Plans, briefly
Free to begin. Three tiers when you’re ready.
Family is the shared memorial tier with publishing, tributes, and RSVPs. Household adds outside helpers, your own address, and password-protected sharing. Forever keeps the page online for as long as Obit exists.
When you’re ready.
A page worth sending to the people you love. You don’t have to know everything to begin.
Free to begin. No card. Private until you choose to share it.