Available: family submission
Families can send obituary text and a photo through their secure case page for staff review.
Public obituaries from the case, with full websites in development
FuneralHQ keeps obituary text and the photo on the case, lets a family submit a draft through its secure page, and gives staff control to publish or unpublish a public obituary URL. Full funeral home website hosting, livestreaming, and memorial commerce are still in development.
Who it is for
- Staff collecting obituary text and photos from a family
- Firms that need an approved public obituary URL quickly
- Teams tired of passing obituary drafts through email
- Owners planning a future move from a separate website vendor
What it replaces today
- An obituary draft that lives only in an email thread
- Copying text and photos between staff members
- Publishing without a clear staff approval step
- Leaving an outdated obituary public after a correction
How obituary publishing works
The case remains the source of truth and a staff member decides when the public page exists.
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Keep the obituary on the case
Store the current text, photo, and newspaper list with the arrangement so staff edit one approved record.
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Invite the family to contribute
A family can submit obituary text and a photo through its secure case page. The submission returns to staff for review and never publishes itself.
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Use drafting help when configured
Optional writing help can turn facts the family chooses to provide into a first draft. The family and staff can edit it, and the tool leaves missing facts out rather than guessing.
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Publish when staff approve
A director posts the obituary to a public, shareable URL only after the text and photo are ready.
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Correct or unpublish
Edits remain under staff control, and the public page can be taken down without deleting the case record.
Available now and still to come
The obituary workflow is live. The broader public website suite is a separate product area still being built.
Available: public obituary URL
Staff can publish, share, and unpublish a public obituary page from the case.
Available with setup: drafting help
Optional obituary drafting uses only facts the family enters and always returns an editable draft.
In development: full website hosting
A complete funeral home website and content-management workflow are still being built.
In development: livestreaming
FuneralHQ does not currently host or stream funeral services.
In development: memorial commerce
Flower, keepsake, and tribute-store commerce is not currently part of FuneralHQ.
Common questions
Can FuneralHQ publish an obituary today?
Yes. Staff can publish an approved obituary to a public FuneralHQ URL and unpublish it when needed. A family submission never becomes public without staff action.
Is obituary drafting automatic?
Drafting help is optional and requires the feature to be configured. It uses only facts the family chooses to enter, returns an editable draft, and never publishes on its own.
Does FuneralHQ replace our full website vendor today?
No. Public obituary pages work today, while full website hosting, livestreaming, and memorial commerce are still in development. Keep the website setup that serves your families until those broader capabilities are ready.
Can we share the obituary page?
Yes. Once staff publish it, the case has a public URL that can be shared with the family and community.
Publish an obituary from a sample case
See the family submission, staff review, public page, and unpublish controls, then bring the website features your firm needs next.