There are multiple things you can use in order to do an obituary for a copy editing project. I mean to me the editing tools will come as basic as they can be such as an Ap Style book, and a dictionary, but for something like this fact-checking is the most important. You wanna make sure whoever wrote this is very accurate about the death and information put on paper to eventually be published. You don’t want any wrong doings about the death of someone because you can’t just ask them yourself such as the format.
Personal information: Name, age, city and state of birth (please do not provide the exact date of birth, which increases the chance of identity theft).
Date and location of death.
What actually made them unique? Education, military, career, clubs, organizations, church, hobbies, and special interests.
Survivors? Separate relationship in “levels” rather than “families” — spouse; children (spouse); grandchildren (spouse); siblings; etc.
Maybe even service information? Viewing (if appropriate) will be from (time) on (day) at (place) in (city, state). A (memorial, Mass, service, celebration of life) will be held at (time of day, day of week) at (funeral home, church, park, etc.) in (city, state) with burial at (cemetery name, city).
Also you can see if any donations were made and see if names wanna be put in as well.