Hospice · seventy-nine
Betty Sue
She picked the pictures. The written words are hers.
Open the questions they answered (PDF)
Living Obituary
Write it with them while they are still here.
Sit down today. Print and watch tomorrow.
Betty Sue in hospice. Johnny at twenty-four. Annabelle at five, a tumor they cannot take. Open this on your phone. You, or someone who loves them, make three things. A traditional newspaper obituary (PDF to print, Word you can edit, use it however you want — including the local paper), photo pages you print, and a ten-minute film. You also keep every question they answered, with the answer — a PDF, a keepsake from these days. Sit today. Family send photographs overnight. Tomorrow you print and watch.
You do not have to be good with phones. One question at a time. Skip any. Someone can sit with you and tap.
The first file is a traditional newspaper obituary — written now, while they are still here. A PDF to print. A Word document you can edit. Use it however you want: keep it, share it, or send it to the local paper when you are ready. Papers charge hundreds for those inches. This one is yours.
You also keep every question they answered, with the answer they gave — the whole list, as a PDF. That is a keepsake from these days. Sit with them. Hear them. Fill it in. Those words stay.
Let not your heart be troubled.
How it works
Watch how it works.
Sit with them while they are still here. Hear them. Keep every answer. You leave with a traditional newspaper obituary — written now, in Word — photo pages you can hold, and a ten-minute film. Those words stay.
Under a minute · Captions on · Betty Sue, Johnny, and Annabelle
Then open a finished package — Betty Sue’s newspaper obituary, photo pages, film, and the questions she answered.
Why this, today
Later is too late for the important things.
A hospital is full of forms. Later, someone tired and sad has to remember everything. Open this now. Answer the questions. Pick the pictures on this phone. Family who are not here get a link and add pictures from theirs. That way the important things are not lost.
What you take home
Three things you make. You keep them.
A traditional newspaper obituary, in a Word file you can edit. Use it however you want — including the local paper.
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A traditional newspaper obituary
The kind a paper prints. PDF to print. Word you can edit. Use it however you want — including the local paper.
Open the newspaper obituary (PDF) →
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Photo pages you print
A PDF. One photograph to a page, with the words under it. Not a bound book.
Open Betty’s Photo pages you print →
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A ten-minute film
Photographs they pick on this phone, plus pictures family send from theirs. About ten minutes. Not a video dump.
Open Betty’s ten-minute film →
How long it really takes
Sit down today. Print and watch tomorrow.
Not instant. Not a week. About an hour today. One question at a time — skip any you do not know. Every question they answer, and the answer they give, is kept as a PDF. Family send photographs overnight. Tomorrow you have a traditional newspaper obituary — PDF to print, Word you can edit — plus the questions and answers, photo pages, and a ten-minute film.
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Today — about an hour
Answer the questions that fit. Skip the rest. You do not have to finish every question. The ones you do answer come home as a PDF — each question, and the answer they gave. That is a keepsake. Sit with them. Hear them. Fill it in. Pick the photographs you have. Text a link so family add from theirs.
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Overnight — family photographs
That is the wait. People who love them pick stills on their own phones. About forty photograph spaces make a ten-minute film. A short clip uses four spaces. Not a camera-roll dump. If this story is about a child, photographs only. If you already have the pictures, you can print the same night.
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Tomorrow — print and watch
The traditional newspaper obituary is drafted from the answers — a PDF to print and a Word document you can edit and use however you want, including the local paper. You also keep every question they answered, with the answer, as a PDF. The photo pages and the ten-minute film are made from the pictures that arrived. Pay $99 once. Then print and watch.
If today is too much, the draft stays open 14 days. After $99 you have 30 days to print and watch. Three days before that day we email you so you can save.
Living obituaries
Three ages. Same three things. They are still here.
Open both PDFs for each person. First, every question they answered, with the answer — that list is a keepsake from these days. Then the newspaper living obituary those answers became. No pictures on those pages. Photo pages and the film are separate.
Twenty-four · six months
Johnny
Young enough that people think there is time. He is making his living obituary now so the people who love him already have his story.
Open the questions they answered (PDF)
Five · Harbor Mill
Annabelle
A tumor in her brain they cannot take. Her parents are making it with her, not after her.
Open the questions they answered (PDF)
One package · one payment
$99
One memory package. Sit today. Family send photographs overnight. Tomorrow you print the living obituary, print the photo pages, and watch the ten-minute film. $99 once. You keep all three for 30 days after pay.
Giving back · $5
Five dollars of your purchase goes back to a charity in your local area.
Pay $99 for a living obituary. Five dollars of that purchase is given to a charity in your local area — the one assigned to the hospice, hospital, or care center where you, or the person you love, are staying.
A charity in your local area. Enter the facility code from the pamphlet at checkout. That is how the five dollars finds the local charity, not a national one.
Easy for anyone
One question at a time.
You do not have to be good with phones. One question at a time. Skip any. Someone can sit with you and tap.
You also keep every question they answered, with the answer they gave — the whole list, as a PDF. That is a keepsake from these days. Sit with them. Hear them. Fill it in. Those words stay.
- What do we actually get?
- A traditional newspaper obituary made from the questions — a PDF to print and a Word document you can edit and use however you want, including the local paper. Every question they answered, with the answer they gave — a PDF, a keepsake from these days. Photo pages of the stills, and a ten-minute film. Print the story. Print the questions. Print the photo pages. Watch the film on this phone. Open Betty’s finished example.
- How much is it?
- $99, once, on this phone. There is no monthly bill. Five dollars of that purchase goes back to a charity in your local area. Giving back · $5.
- Who makes it?
- The person it is about, or someone who loves them. Open the app on a phone. Answer the questions. Pick the pictures.
- Is this hard to use?
- No. One question at a time. Skip any you do not know. The buttons are large. You can sit with someone who loves them and do it together. Built so anyone who can tap a phone can finish.
- How many photographs?
- Forty photograph spaces are in the $99 package. A short film uses four spaces. You can add more — 80, 120, 160, or 200 — for $15, $25, $35, or $45. The film stays about ten minutes. Photo pages grow with the stills. The photo pages PDF — up to 200 photographs — is a download from the package page, not an email. A 200-page file does not travel by email. That is expected. Nothing is wrong.
- Do we send videos or download a movie?
- Photographs they pick on that phone. A few short clips if they want, up to the package cap — forty photograph spaces in $99, more if they add a photograph package. A short film uses four. Child stories stay photographs only. Not a dump of the camera roll. You can save the ten-minute film as an MP4 when you pay.
- How long does it take to make?
- Sit down today. Print and watch tomorrow. About an hour of questions if you skip what does not fit. Overnight so family can send photographs. Tomorrow the traditional newspaper obituary and the collage are ready. If you already have the pictures, you can print the same night. Answer the questions on this phone.
- How long do you hold it?
- Fourteen days while you make the draft. Thirty days after $99 to print and watch. After that day it is no longer open here. Extra storage is a later phase. Save the data file if you want the answers on your phone.
- Is this phone talking in the clear?
- On the published site the connection is encrypted. Sign-in, answers, and photographs travel that way. We never ask for the full card number — Stripe takes the $99. We do not sell the answers or the photographs.