format of wedding invitation including the name of a deceased person?
2007-02-07 23:15:48 · 11 answers · asked by raygie 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My husband's mom passed away so when our invitation had his parents names it said "Dru Laborde and the late Tonya Laborde" His family thought it was nice... not overdoing it but still making a point to mention her.
2007-02-08 03:08:23 · answer #1 · answered by akp_02 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Deceased persons are usually preceded by the term 'the late'
e.g. Mr Dave Smith and the late Mrs Jane Smith would like to invite you to the wedding of their daughter Julia to Mr Ian Jones
2007-02-08 07:20:17 · answer #2 · answered by kinvadave 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wedding Invitation Etiquette
There is a certain degree of etiquette which surrounds most of the rights of passage in life, not the least of which is the institution of marriage. Wedding invitations in particular have strict rules of etiquette attached to them. If your wedding is being planned "by the book" then you will want to heed them.
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Invitations are almost always issued in the name of the bride's parents, even if she lives away from home or has been married before. If her parents are deceased, her guardian, a close relative or family friend may sponsor the wedding. When only one parent is living, the invitations are issued in his or her name alone. If the bride's parents are divorced, the name of only one parent - usually the one who raised her - appears on the invitation. If the parent has remarried, the step-parents name also goes on the first line followed by his/her daughter's to indicate relationship.
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This does in no way prevent you from memorializing the deceased by placing name/s on the wedding program or offering a memorial prayer or lighting a wedding candle.
2007-02-08 07:45:38 · answer #3 · answered by birdwatcher 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We did this in our wedding program, and we did a slide show honoring our deceased grandparents. Mine were all deceased before I finished high school. He only has one living grandparent, who is ill and wasn't able to travel to the wedding.
People were telling us we couldn't pull it off, but I had this image in my mind that started us off as as young children who were actively involved with our grandparents and progressed until we were adults. I have a picture of my mom's mom with me at my 8th grade graduation. My other grandparents had their 50th anniversary party like a year or two after that. Stuff like that. And it worked.
2007-02-08 08:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by Gabby_Gabby_Purrsalot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a strange thing to want to do. Personally, I don't like the idea at all. But if you MUST, just make the invitation out as normal. There's not much else you can do.
2007-02-08 07:20:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the correct wording would be
daughter of Mrs. Jane Smith and the late Dr. John Smith.
or
son of Mr. Don Jones and the late Mrs. Mary Jones.
2007-02-11 05:32:43 · answer #6 · answered by tess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put the name of the person and then in brackets after it put deceased. I did it on mine for my Dad. Good luck and congratulations.
2007-02-08 07:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by Giggle Angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with loving memories of
2007-02-08 07:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by kio2buy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
Put a (cross) symbol next to his name.
thats what I did.
2007-02-08 07:30:03 · answer #9 · answered by Georgia P 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if its one of the parents of the bride or grooms, yes
2007-02-08 09:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by yomyr2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋