If you have a parent who has passed away and can t attend your wedding day you can address them during your wedding by adding a page to your program or honoring them during your ceremony or reception.
Wedding program wording with one deceased parent.
Generally deceased parents aren t included on wedding invitations as that is a place for the hosts and the couple.
Setting up a shrine with pictures of the loved ones.
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.
If you have trouble accomplishing everything you want to do on the program consider other gestures to honor the passed.
Most people choose to only list members of the immediate family such as parents siblings and possibly.
List the names of deceased persons where appropriate in wedding programs adding the late in front of the names.
Craig thomas duffy etc.
A small mention in your program is respectful and can mean a lot to both families.
Your wedding day is a time of joyous celebration when you are surrounded by your friends family and loved ones.
John smith and the late mrs.
For example if the bride s mother has passed away the bride s parents would be listed as mr.
A few examples include.
If the mother was deceased instead you would list her first above the living father and step mother if he was remarried.
One way you can do so is to mention deceased in the wedding program.
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Requests the honor of your presence.
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.
Wording for loved ones deceased in wedding program.
The invitation would simply read.
There are many ways to pay tribute to lost loved ones at a wedding.
Make a list of the deceased relatives you want to list in your wedding program.
At the marriage of her daughter.
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.
You ll definitely want to include the memory of the parent you ve lost in your wedding celebration.
Don t do it all on the wedding program.