My sound dumb but

I don't have anything scanned that I could show you, but I did a kind of tribute page once for my grandfather. I put it at the very end of the yearly album for the year he passed away. By then I had photos of the headstone, so I used those, along with an old picture I found of him with me when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I found a nice poem that seemed to suit, and just did a very simple layout with the title "In Loving Memory". As far as doing three pages, you could do something like that - just put them at either the back or the front of an album as an album dedication.

I know it's not exactly what you are looking for, but that's really the only tribute page I've ever done. I never got a copy of his obit., otherwise I would have included that as well. My grandfather was an amazing man - also a veteran of WW2. If I ever find an obit (I'm sure my mother has one somewhere), I have always planned to include a copy. I even know how I'll make it fit - I'll reprint it on a tag and slide most of it behind something.

Anyway, I hope maybe some of those ideas may help. I know this is a difficult time, and I certainly wish you all the best.

Julie

Julie, I do obit look-ups all the time for people. Just go the local library and look at the issues of the paper for the year he died. With the date of death it is easy as the obit usually appeared a few days after the death date. If you are not from the area and no family members live there any more that can do it for you, the local library will usually do it for a small fee. Good luck, Sandy

Hi Penny,

Try this site for Military layout ideas:

Thanks Sandy. My family still lives in the area, but the whole thing was just so painful for my mother at the time, that asking her to find a copy of the obit for me just wasn't something I was going to do, and from there, I just don't think of it when I'm out there. It's going to be one of those thing were I need so specifically make a trip to go directly to the local library.

But I'm sure you're right - I could probably just call them and have them mail something to me, and just not have to worry about remembering to go to the library when I'm out there anyway. It's just been long ago enough now that I tend to forget about it until a post like this comes up and reminds me that I still need to do that.

Julie

Yes, there is a website for RCS. Here's the link.

MC is our webkeeper, and does a great job on the website.

I can't help you with tribute LO's after a death, though. Wish I could!