Funeral program booklet
Prints in folding order. Just nest and fold.
- 8-page booklet: sheet 1 is 8 | 1 and 2 | 7, sheet 2 is 6 | 3 and 4 | 5
- 4-page bifold or a single sheet, on Letter or A4
- No two-sided printer? Print the fronts, then the backs
- Works offlineNo account or sign-in
- Records stay on your deviceNothing is uploaded
- Any modern browserChrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox
- Backup and restoreMove to a new device any time
Funeral Program & Obituary Maker
Enter the details once and print the funeral program already in folding order, plus the obituary, memorial cards and thank-you cards. Works offline, no subscription.
- Dashboard
- Funeral program
- Folding order
- Six themes
- Obituary writer
- 9 more tools
$14.99One-time purchase
No subscription. Pay once and keep it.
Checkout by Paddle. Tax is added where it applies, and you download straight after paying.
- 3.2 MB zip
- PDF guide
- Sample data
Made for A family preparing a funeral, memorial service or celebration of life within days, who want the program, the obituary and the cards done at home without laying out a template page by page
What Funeral Program & Obituary Maker does
A funeral program template and obituary template in one offline app: enter the person, the photos and the order of service once, and print a celebration of life program — 4-page bifold, 8-page booklet or single sheet, Letter or A4 — already in the right page order for folding, with an obituary writer, memorial cards, bookmarks, thank-you cards, a sign-in sheet, a first-days checklist and a thank-you tracker. No formulas to break.
Planning dashboard
What to do next, first
- What is ready to print, with the next step highlighted
- The next tasks on the checklist, ticked off in one tap
- Then five tiles and four charts from your own records
Celebration of life program
The pages lay themselves out
- Six calm themes, three font pairings, five photo placements
- Long text flows on, or shrinks a little to fit
- Warns you before printing if a page runs over
Obituary template
Answer a few questions. Get two obituary drafts.
- A newspaper version with the service times and places
- A shorter program version for the “Remembering” page
- Live word count and an estimate of the newspaper’s price
Order of service
The order of service, timed to the minute
- Start from a church service or a celebration of life
- Drag to reorder; every part gets its start time
- Readers, speakers and hymns, flagged if anything is missing
Memorial cards & thank-you cards
Memorial cards, bookmarks and a sign-in sheet too
- Four cards to a sheet, front and back, with cut lines
- Thank-you cards signed by the family, plus a thank-you tracker
- A guest sign-in sheet for writing the thank-yous later
14 tools in one app
For a family preparing a funeral, memorial service or celebration of life: the funeral program template, obituary template, memorial cards and order of service you would otherwise lay out by hand — plus the checklist, contacts and thank-you tracker for the days around it.
- DashboardWhat to do next, then charts
- Funeral programBifold, booklet or single sheet
- Folding orderPrinted ready to nest and fold
- Six themesSolid colours and borders
- Obituary writerNewspaper and program versions
- Order of serviceDrag to reorder, with times
- PhotosUp to four, kept on your device
- Memorial cardsFour to a sheet, two-sided
- BookmarksFour to a sheet
- Thank-you cardsSigned by the family
- Sign-in sheetFor the guest table
- First-days checklistDated from the service
- ContactsFuneral home to caterer
- Thank-you trackerFlowers, food, donations
No formulas to break. No subscription.
A Canva funeral template leaves the family to lay out every page and work out the print order, days before the service. This asks for the details once, works offline, and keeps the photos on your own computer.
- Windows, Mac, iPad, Android
- Dark mode
- Download & unzipGet the file instantly right after checkout and unzip it anywhere: desktop, USB drive or cloud folder.
- Open index.htmlDouble-click to open in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox. It works without internet from then on.
- Make it yoursLook through the sample, then erase it and add the name, the dates, the photos and the order of service. Print, nest and fold.
Before you buy
What it needs, and what it does not do.
Funeral Program & Obituary Maker is an offline app from ColadoSystems that runs in your web browser from a folder on your own device. It costs $14.99 once, with no subscription and no account, and includes 14 tools, sample data to explore and a PDF guide. Your records stay on your device and are never uploaded.
- Runs in
- A current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, on a computer, tablet or phone.
- Internet
- Only to download it. After that it works with the Wi-Fi off.
- Your records
- Saved in the browser on this device. They are not encrypted and do not sync between devices, so anyone who can use the device can open them.
- Backups
- Save a backup file from the app whenever you like. Restore it to recover or to move to another device.
- Users
- Made for one person on one device. It is not a shared, multi-user system.
- Download
- A zip file under 3 MB with the app and its PDF guide.
- License
- For your own business or household. Not for resale. Read the license
Questions
Something else? Email us and we'll answer before you buy.
Where is my data stored? Is it private?
Everything is saved inside your browser on this device. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account, so no company holds a copy of your records. They are not encrypted, though: anyone who can use this device and browser can open them, so keep the device locked. Download a backup regularly (Settings → Data & backup → Back up now) and keep it somewhere as safe as the records themselves.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Open index.html and it runs fully offline. You can also host the folder on any website and choose “Install app” in Chrome or Edge to get a desktop or phone icon that works offline.
Can I use it on my phone or iPad?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones and tablets with a bottom navigation bar. Each device keeps its own data, so use Back up / Restore to move records between devices.
How do I start fresh after trying the sample data?
Go to Settings → Data & backup → Erase records. Every sample record is removed, and so is the sample family’s signature, so nothing of theirs ends up on your cards. Your other settings are kept.
How does the booklet come out in the right order?
Each sheet is printed with two pages on each side, already paired the way a folded booklet needs them. For the 8-page booklet, sheet 1 carries pages 8 and 1 on the front and 2 and 7 on the back; sheet 2 carries 6 and 3 on the front and 4 and 5 on the back. Print both sides (flip on the short edge), put sheet 2 inside sheet 1, and fold. The 4-page bifold is pages 4 and 1 on the front and 2 and 3 on the back.
My printer does not print on both sides. Can I still make the booklet?
Yes. Choose “Print the fronts only”, put the printed stack back in the paper tray, then choose “Print the backs only”. Print a single copy first to see which way round your printer takes the paper back. If the backs come out upside down, switch on “My printer only flips on the long edge”; if the backs land on the wrong sheets, switch on “Print the backs in reverse order”.
Which paper should I use?
Any US Letter or A4 paper your printer takes. Programs fold and feel better on heavier paper, around 90–120 gsm (24–32 lb), which also stops the other side showing through. Memorial cards and bookmarks are best on light card your printer can feed.
What if the life story is too long for its page?
Give it a second page: set two pages in a row to Life story and the text runs from one to the next. Where a page is only a little too full, the type is set up to 20% smaller. If it still does not fit, “Check before printing” names the page and about how many lines run over.
Can I print the words of hymns and readings?
Yes. Switch on “Print the words in the program” for that part of the service and type or paste the words; they go on the hymns and readings page. Check that you may reproduce them: most hymns more than a hundred years old are free to print, while newer songs often need the publisher’s permission, which many churches already hold.
Are the photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Photos are read from your computer or phone, made a sensible size for printing (up to 1600 pixels on the longest side) and saved in this browser on this device. They are included in your backup file.
Is this for funeral homes?
No. It holds one person’s service at a time, for the family preparing it. To make a program for someone else later, back up, then erase the records and start again. Planning your own wishes ahead of time is a different job from this one.
Can several people use it at the same time?
No. It is made for one person on one device, and records do not sync between devices. To move to another device, save a backup and restore it there.
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