Dear Savvy Senior: Can you provide any tips on how to write an obituary? My dad, who has terminal cancer, has asked me to write his obituary, which will be published in the funeral program and run in ...

Can you provide any tips on how to write your own obituary? At age 80, I am in the process of preplanning my funeral and would also like to take a crack at writing my own newspaper obit too. For many ...

CULPEPER, Virginia -- I don’t mean to rush things, but there are good reasons you might write about the person you were when you were alive, well before your obituary is actually needed. Frivolous ...

An obituary may well be the hardest thing to write. It has to be composed in a hurry during a period of bereavement. Those closest to the person who died may not be in a condition to write it. The ...

First, let us offer our condolences for your loss, and we hope these step-by-step instructions makes things a little easier for you during your time of grief. To submit an obituary announcement in ...

Vartabedian has what it takes to teach this free three-part class. He has spent 50 years covering every beat and writing hundreds of "super-obits," or special tribute obituaries. He bases each one on ...

DEAR ABBY: Recently, my wife suggested I write my own obituary (I am almost 80) as her parents did. Because I remember dates and places she didn’t know, I drafted the document. Everything in it is ...

The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is known for many things. Most notable, probably, is his financial acumen that has amassed him a fortune north of $139 billion. But at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual ...