Thesaurus

ADMIRED

  • esteemed
  • revered
  • prized
  • honoured
  • well-liked

BELOVED

  • dearest
  • held dear
  • cherished
  • adored
  • worshipped
  • precious one
  • loved one

FUNERAL SERVICES

  • a time of remembrance
  • a personal gathering
  • a coming together for
  • commemoration
  • testimonial to
  • celebration of life
  • in recognition of
  • a reminiscence of

INTERMENT

  • graveside celebration
  • graveside ceremony
  • graveside service

LATE

  • recently deceased
  • departed

LOVING WIFE/
​HUSBAND

  • loving partner
  • greatest comrade
  • best friend
  • fiancée
  • loving companion

MISSED

  • never forgotten
  • will not be forgotten
  • forever missed
  • will be remembered fondly
  • remembered lovingly
  • remembered
  • always in our hearts
  • thought of with great affection

OFFICIATING

  • presiding celebrant
  • celebrants
  • celebrant
  • principal celebrant

PASSION FOR

  • excitement for
  • ardor for
  • devotion to
  • enthusiasm for
  • zeal for

PASSED AWAY

  • died
  • pared from us
  • has gone on
  • leaves to mourn him/her
  • went home to be with his/her Lord

PASSED AWAY

  • reached peaceful sleep
  • departed this life
  • drew life to a close
  • with great sadness the family announces the death…
  • gone to be with his/her loving Savior

PASSED AWAY

  • lapsed into eternal rest
  • after a valiant struggle
  • the family announces with sorrow the passing…
  • joined his/her Lord and Savior in heaven/glory
  • after a courageous battle with…

PEACEFULLY

  • softly
  • humbly
  • gently
  • quietly

PREDECEASED

  • precedes him/her
  • precedes him.her he/she goes to meet those who have gone before
  • have gone before

SADLY

  • grievously
  • woefully
  • sorrowfully
  • sorely

SUDDENLY

  • after a brief battle with
  • quickly
  • hastily
  • unexpectedly
  • without warning
  • accidentally

SURVIVED BY

  • also leaves to mourn him/her
  • memory
  • leaves to cherish his/her memory
  • the following will carry his/her memory
  • leaves behind
  • will be remembered by

WILL BE HELD

  • will be celebrated
  • will be concelebrated
  • will take place
  • will be observed