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Obituary template

Canonical template for the Obituary format.

[FULL NAME], [AGE], of [CITY, STATE], died [DATE] at [LOCATION].
## Opening character sentence (optional)
[One sentence that gives a sense of who this person was]
## Biographical narrative
[Birth and origins]
[Education and career]
[Personal life - faith, interests, community involvement]
## Survivors
[FIRST NAME] is survived by [list of survivors by name and relationship].
## Service information
[Services will be held on DATE at TIME at LOCATION.]
## Memorial contributions (optional)
[In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to NAME.]