Comments off on acknowledging a deceased parent in your wedding program in this example the father of the bride is deceased and the mother of the bride is remarried.
Wedding program wording with one deceased parent.
Make a list of the deceased relatives you want to list in your wedding program.
A small mention in your program is respectful and can mean a lot to both families.
You ll definitely want to include the memory of the parent you ve lost in your wedding celebration.
Wording for loved ones deceased in wedding program.
Requests the honor of your presence.
To do so where you mention parents of the bride and groom on the program you will say parents of the groom the late robert sarah brown if the groom s parents are recently deceased you might choose to honor them during the ceremony by having a memorial candle placed near the front of the ceremony area.
Setting up a shrine with pictures of the loved ones.
Most people choose to only list members of the immediate family such as parents siblings and possibly.
A few examples include.
This is a more subtle way of including those who are missing on your day.
There are many ways to pay tribute to lost loved ones at a wedding.
For example if the bride s mother has passed away the bride s parents would be listed as mr.
One way you can do so is to mention deceased in the wedding program.
Generally deceased parents aren t included on wedding invitations as that is a place for the hosts and the couple.
List the names of deceased persons where appropriate in wedding programs adding the late in front of the names.
John smith and the late mrs.
If you have trouble accomplishing everything you want to do on the program consider other gestures to honor the passed.
If the mother was deceased instead you would list her first above the living father and step mother if he was remarried.
Wear a piece of jewelry or article of clothing that belonged to the person you want to acknowledge.
Kaylin on september 16 2011 at 5 13 pm posted in planning 0 13 saved save.
The invitation would simply read.
At the wedding reception display wedding pictures of family members or pictures of loved ones with the bride or groom.
Deceased parent wedding invitation wording weddings are an emotional time and when you ve lost a parent no matter how recently wedding planning may bring up those feelings of loss all over again.
Craig thomas duffy etc.
Don t do it all on the wedding program.