How To Write And Deliver A Eulogy Step 2 of 6 - Funeral Speech Tutorial - What Kind of Eulogy?

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This is the second step in this six part series.
This series is based on the guide "How To Write And Deliver A Great Eulogy in Six Simple Steps" available at :- therighteulogy.com/eulogy-guide

There are two basic kinds of eulogy - a biographical and a personal view. You can have one or the other, or a combination. A biographical eulogy just speaks to the facts of the person's life. Where they were born, where they lived, where they worked, who they were married to, who were their children etc. I feel the biographical eulogy may be a little outdated now because it does not speak to feelings.

The other type of eulogy, which is more common, is the personal view eulogy. Here we speak about our feelings for the person, tell our memories of them and how they affected our lives. In other words, it's based on our feelings and our personal views. So it's not "objective", but then, a eulogy need not be objective. Later in this video series we'll explore the meaning of the word "eulogy", and the purpose of it. Let's agree to throw strict objectivity out the window!

This video gives you polar examples of these two types of eulogies, or funeral speeches. The second example is a eulogy for a father. I think most of us would prefer the second example to the first.
Most modern eulogies nowadays are a combination of the two, leaning towards the personal view.

The task of delivering a eulogy can be shared between two or more family members.

Also, if you're the only one delivering the eulogy, you can ask other family members for content to put into your eulogy. This process can be quite informative to you, and healing. Things you never knew about them while they were alive.

This video series is based on Kevin Burch's Guide entitled "How To Write and Deliver A Great Eulogy in Six Simple Steps", available at therighteulogy.com/eulogy-guide