A funeral eulogy is a written or spoken tribute to someone who has died, and many people giving a eulogy need the help and guidance provided here.

When giving a funeral eulogy it's important to make the tribute for the whole person and their whole life. What do we mean by this? Simply that the funeral eulogy should be given by someone who has known the person who has died for the major part of their life, and can provide a "warts and all" tribute.

None of us are perfect in every way and in every situation, but how often have you attended a funeral and listened to a eulogy whilst thinking to yourself, "yes, but", or, "they think that now, but they didn't always think that when the person was alive!". The thing is, if we really love and care for someone, that implies that we know them well, and if we know them well we'll also know their annoying little habits, their fears, their failures, and yes their successes and virtues.

So a funeral eulogy doesn't need to be spoken in perfect English, by a perfect narrator, about a perfect person. It just needs to be given by someone who really knew the person well. A funeral eulogy needs to be given from the heart, and encompass the heart and soul of the person who has died. Surely, it is the person that they were that we are remembering and paying tribute too. Not the person they could have been, not the person they should have been, not the person we'd have liked them to have been in a perfect world. Just a tribute to someone who has died. Remembered as they really were. Remembered for all the reasons why we loved them and which made them unique.

A funeral eulogy is a unique tribute to a unique person who filled a unique space both in the world and in our hearts.

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