Classic Funeral Program — 8-Page Booklet
Navy and gold with a laurel sprig. Suits almost any service.
2 sheets, printed both sides, nested and folded · US Letter
Two sheets, eight pages
4 Funeral Booklet Templates with 8 Pages
An eight-page funeral booklet is two US Letter sheets, each printed on both sides, nested one inside the other and folded. It gives a full page to the life story, a page for extra photos, and room for a longer order of service. The hard part of any booklet is getting the pages in the right order for printing, and these templates have that done already.
Four designs
8-page funeral booklets in Word, Google Docs and PDF
Arranged for printing
How the booklet pages are placed on each sheet
Sheet one, reverse: pages 2 and 7
Pages that sit far apart in the booklet share a sheet.
Sheet two, front: pages 6 and 3
Page by page
What is on each of the eight pages
- Front cover with photo, name, dates and service details.
- The life story or obituary, with a full page to itself.
- The order of service.
- Treasured Memories: two more photo frames.
- A psalm, poem or reading.
- Pallbearers, interment and reception.
- The family’s thank-you and a closing verse.
- Back cover with a short verse between ornaments.
Rearrange freely: every page is a table cell, so you can cut the contents of one and paste them into another. If you do not need the photo page, use it for a second reading or the words of a hymn that is in the public domain.
Print, nest, staple
How to assemble the booklet
- Print pages 1 and 2 of the file on the two sides of one sheet (two-sided, flip on short edge). This is the outer sheet.
- Print pages 3 and 4 on a second sheet the same way. This is the inner sheet.
- Lay the outer sheet cover-side down and place the inner sheet on top with the Treasured Memories photo page facing up on the left.
- Fold both together and staple twice on the fold. A long-reach stapler does this neatly; a copy shop will do it for a few cents a copy.
Make one complete booklet and turn every page before printing the full run. The file’s pages are deliberately out of reading order, with page 8 beside page 1, so that they fall into sequence once nested.
One sheet
Bifold Funeral Programs
When four panels are enough.
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For the reading page
Poems, Verses and Quotes
Scripture and public-domain poems.
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Catholic services
Funeral Mass Program
The full order of the Mass.
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Questions families ask
Why are the pages out of order in the file?
Because that is how a booklet has to be printed. When two sheets are nested and folded, the back cover shares a sheet with the front cover, page 2 with page 7, and so on. The template is arranged so that plain two-sided printing produces a booklet that reads 1 through 8.
Can I make the booklet longer than eight pages?
Booklets grow four pages at a time, one sheet per step. For twelve pages you would add a third sheet in the middle. That means re-ordering pages by hand, so if you need more than eight, a copy shop’s booklet-printing setting is the easier route.
Do I need special paper?
No. Ordinary Letter paper works. A 28 or 32 lb sheet keeps the reverse side from showing through, and some families use a light cardstock for the outer sheet only.
Free funeral templates · Updated through October 2026 · by David Nelsen. Every name, date and place printed on these templates is invented sample wording; each file is opened in Microsoft Word and Google Docs before it is published.