Tech support toward death
Let’s open it while you’re still here.
The stories and the paperwork: the things that hold a family together after you’re gone.
Obituaries
Help with the writing, or a place to write it yourselves.
Most families have never written an obituary, and it usually needs to be done within a day or two. There are two ways I can help.
With Me, from $349
Send me whatever you have, even if it's nothing yet. I check every name, date and relationship, write or edit alongside you, and handle the newspaper submission, fees and word limits included.
On Your Own, with Obituate
One person holds the pen while relatives check every name, date and relationship against the marked proof. Writing, checking and newspaper-ready text are free, and stay in your browser. A permanent archive and document Kit is $149 once, waived for anyone who asks.
Heirlooms, made by hand.
Every life is a big story, and the people in these pieces trusted me with theirs. So you won’t see their faces or names here, only the shape of the work. It starts as a conversation, not an interview, and what comes out of it can be a film, a bound book, letterpress, or a place online.
Documentary Video & Oral History
Film and sound
Someone telling their life their own way, in their own voice, recorded and edited so the people who come after can hear it for themselves.
Handmade Stationery
Letterpress and hand finishing
Cards and keepsakes for the moments that deserve more than a text: the announcement, the service, the thank-you.
Custom Bookbinding
Hand-bound volume
A whole life, gathered and bound by hand, with the weight a story like that deserves.
Memorial Websites
A place online
A lasting home online, where photos, stories and tributes keep arriving long after the service.
