A labelled sample. Margaret Hale, her family and every detail are made up; a real booklet is laid out only from the details and photos your family gives us, and your own photo goes where the flower is. This is the four-page A5 version (A4 folded once). The US and Canadian version is the same on Letter paper folded once.

Sample order of service: Margaret Ellen Hale

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Sample booklet cover: in loving memory of Margaret Ellen Hale, 1941 to 2026Page 2: the order of service, from the entrance music to the exit musicPage 3: the words of The Lord's My Shepherd and Remember by Christina RossettiBack page: thanks from the family, the reception and the donations line

What is on each page

Cover. “In loving memory of” · Margaret Ellen Hale · 4 March 1941 – 2 October 2026 · St Mary's Church, Thornhill · Friday 16 October 2026 at 11 am. The family's photo fills the top of the page.

Order of service. Entrance music: Nimrod, from the Enigma Variations (Elgar) · Welcome: the Reverend Anne Whitlock · Hymn: The Lord's My Shepherd (Crimond) · Reading: Ecclesiastes 3: 1–8, read by Tom Hale, her son · Tribute: Anna Reid, her daughter · Poem: Remember, by Christina Rossetti, read by Lucy Reid, her granddaughter · Hymn: Abide With Me · Prayers and commendation · Exit music: What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong). Then the line about the committal and the Fox and Hounds.

The words. The four verses of The Lord's My Shepherd and the whole of Remember, set large enough to sing and read from.

Back page. A second photo, the family's thanks, the reception details, “family flowers only” with the Marie Curie line, and her name and years.

What we send for a real order

The booklet as a print-ready PDF (A5 booklet for the UK and Australia, half-letter for the US and Canada, pages in printer order so a duplex print folds correctly), a one-page flat version for emailing or a single sheet, and the plain text. Within 1 day of payment, one free round of changes. You print it at home, at a local print shop or with an online printer.

Start the booklet, $49