A professional obituary-writing service.
Crafting a memorable obituary is an art; Précis professionals paint portraits with words. Tightly controlled narratives, rich in color and historical fact, capture the essence of individuals: their joys, sorrows, triumphs and milestones. An amusing trait, annoying habit, an unforgettable turn-of-phrase, when woven into a biography by a skillful writer, brings the loved one alive on the page. Or in a video. Or in a eulogy.

What kind of a hat did he wear and why? A black fedora to cover his newly-seeded hair implants? A Boston Red Sox cap worn backwards in hopes of reversing his beloved team's luck? And just how did she sip her tea? Laced with vodka? Like Queen Elizabeth enduring a tedious state occasion?

Precise details transform a cliché death notice into a riveting story, one bursting with humor, pathos, gallantry and valor. It becomes a treasured keepsake, a bit of family history to enrich and enlighten present and future generations. Best of all, a compelling end-of-life profile appears on ThePrécis.com — often in a matter of hours.

Précis creates memorable obituaries for:

  • Grieving families immersed in final arrangements.
  • Those wanting control over their own end-of-life arrangements.
  • Newspaper editors desiring biographical obituaries about notable members of the community.
  • Family historians documenting the life and accomplishments of ancestors.
  • Those suffering other forms of loss.

Because grief wears many faces, Précis departs from the traditional obituary-writing service by profiling other kinds of loss: the end of a marriage, a job layoff, a rejected manuscript, an atrocity in Darfur, the demise of a beloved pet, a failed romance, a doomed run on American Idol. Whether humorous, pointedly political, or a heartfelt expression of personal remorse, Précis gives voice (within the bounds of good taste) to those who might otherwise remain silent.

LIMELIGHTS
Tony Snow
Clay Felker
McCarthy USM
Glimpse USM
Smith USA
Cyd Charisse
Sydney Pollack
Tim Russert
Denis Payton
& Mike Smith
Arthur Clarke
Gary Gygax
Heath Ledger
Irv Letofsky
This is a love story. About sharks, the sea, a Bavarian girl named Stefanie-and a whole bunch of big tough guys who broke down in tears after Jimmy Hall fell to his death on May 9 when a base-jump off a 3,000 ft. sea cliff..(click for more)
Elizabeth "Betsy" Burke Schottke, an award-winning Rancho Santa Fe artist who struggled to preserve her ability to paint impressionist oils, even as Alzheimer's began its relentless assault on her mind, died on August 22, 1993...(click for more)
Dominic Alfred Leone, a larger than life character who dressed like a high roller and went AWOL from the army in 1942 to marry the woman he loved, died of respiratory failure in Los Angeles on September 16, 2003....(click for more)

How we felt when Magneto left us, well, you cannot fathom our grief.  So young, less than two years old, so full of promise
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Paris


Paris Hilton, the hotel heiress best known for strolling red carpets and uttering "That's hot!", succumbed to what LA County Sheriff Lee Baca termed "increasing deterioration"
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