Meet Our Leadership Team
Jeffery Isleworth
Jeffery Isleworth, the Founder & Managing Editor of Eulogy Assistant, is a pioneer in the realm of eulogy and funeral speech writing.
Clare Mitchell
Clare Mitchell leads the Funeral Tributes Department, with a deep-seated passion for creating personalized tributes.
Saying goodbye to someone you love is one of the hardest things you will ever do. Standing up to speak about them, to capture a whole life in a few short minutes, can feel like an impossible task on top of an already unbearable week. The Eulogy Assistant Tool exists to take some of that weight off your shoulders. It helps you find the right words, shape them into a meaningful tribute, and walk away with a eulogy that honours your loved one in a way that feels truly, recognisably them.
You don’t need to be a writer. You don’t need to know where to start. You just need to remember the person you are speaking about, and we’ll help you do the rest.
What Is the Eulogy Assistant Tool?
The Eulogy Assistant Tool is a guided writing assistant created specifically for people preparing a funeral speech. Unlike a blank document or a generic AI prompt, it walks you through a thoughtful series of questions about your loved one, their personality, their stories, the things they cared about, the small moments you don’t want anyone to forget.
As you answer, the tool weaves your memories into a fully-structured eulogy with a clear opening, the heart of the tribute, and a closing that honours their legacy. You stay in complete control: edit, rewrite, lengthen, or shorten any section until it sounds the way you want it to sound when you read it aloud.
Why People Choose the Eulogy Assistant Tool
It saves you precious time during an already overwhelming week
Between funeral arrangements, family phone calls, and the simple exhaustion of grief, most people writing a eulogy have very little time. What might take you days of staring at a blank page can be drafted in under an hour with the tool, leaving you free to focus on the people around you, and on your own wellbeing.
It helps you remember what to include
One of the hardest parts of writing a eulogy is knowing what belongs in it. Should you mention their career? Their sense of humour? That one story everyone in the family tells? The tool prompts you with the right questions in the right order, so nothing important gets left out, and nothing inappropriate sneaks in.
It captures their personality, not just the facts
A great eulogy doesn’t read like a Wikipedia entry. It sounds like the person being remembered. The tool is designed to draw out the small, specific details, the phrases they always said, the way they laughed, the things that made them them, and build the speech around those moments rather than a list of dates.
It gives you a structure that works
Funeral speeches have a rhythm. They open in a way that holds the room, build through stories and reflections, and close on a note that gives people something to carry with them. The tool follows a tested structure used by celebrants and clergy, so your eulogy flows naturally from start to finish.
It keeps the words yours
The tool isn’t here to put words in your mouth, it’s here to help you find your own. Every section is fully editable. You can rewrite a sentence, add a private joke only the family will understand, or strip back anything that doesn’t sound like you. The finished eulogy is one you can deliver with your whole heart, because it genuinely came from there.
It works for any kind of relationship
Whether you’re writing for a parent, a partner, a sibling, a friend, a colleague, or a child, the tool adapts to the relationship. The questions, the suggested stories, and the tone all shift to suit who you’re speaking about and how you knew them.
It’s private and judgement-free
Some of the things you want to say about someone are too tender to share with another person until you’re ready. The tool gives you a quiet, private space to write, no awkward phone calls, no asking a stranger to understand what your loved one meant to you.
How It Works
- Tell us about your loved one. Their name, your relationship to them, and a little about the kind of person they were.
- Share your memories. The tool asks gentle, prompted questions to help you recall the moments, traits, and stories that meant the most.
- Receive your draft eulogy. Within minutes, the tool generates a structured, heartfelt speech built from your answers.
- Edit until it feels right. Adjust the tone, swap sections around, add or remove anything you’d like, until the eulogy sounds exactly like you want to deliver it.
- Save and read it aloud. Practise it once or twice. You’ll be ready.
Who the Tool Is For
The Eulogy Assistant Tool has helped people write tributes for every kind of relationship. Whoever you’ve lost, you’ll find the tool, and our example eulogies, meet you where you are:
- A husband
- A wife
- A mother
- A father
- A grandfather
- A brother
- A sister
- A son
- A best friend
- An aunt
- An uncle
- A colleague
Whatever your relationship, whatever your style of speaking, the tool helps you build a eulogy that honours them properly.
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
We built the Eulogy Assistant Tool because we know how lonely it feels to sit down and try to summarise a whole life. The tool is here to be your quiet companion through that process, to ask the right questions, to remind you of what matters, and to help you turn love into language.
And if at any point you’d prefer for someone to write the eulogy with you, our Professional Eulogy Writing Service pairs you with an experienced writer who will craft your tribute personally, based on a short conversation about your loved one.
Common Questions
How long does it take to write a eulogy with the tool?
Most people complete a draft in 20 to 45 minutes. You can save your progress and come back to it whenever you’re ready.
Can I edit the eulogy after the tool generates it?
Yes, completely. Every word is yours to keep, change, or rewrite. The draft is a starting point built from your own answers, not a fixed final product.
What if I don’t know what to say about them?
That’s exactly what the prompts are for. The tool’s questions are designed to draw out memories and details you may not even realise you remember until you’re asked. Most people are surprised by how much comes back to them once they begin.
Will the eulogy sound generic?
No. Because the tool builds the speech around the specific stories, traits, and details you share, the finished eulogy is as unique as the person it honours. It will mention them by name, recall the things they did, and reflect the relationship you had.
How long should a eulogy be?
Most eulogies run between three and seven minutes when read aloud, roughly 500 to 1,000 words. The tool will help you land in that range, and you can adjust the length to suit the service.
Ready to Begin?
Take a breath. Pour yourself something warm. When you’re ready, the tool is here, and so are we.