- Rest in peace
- In loving memory
- Entered into rest
- Until we meet again
- Rest in peace
- In loving memory
- Entered into rest
- Until we meet again
- Forever in our hearts
- Always in our hearts
- At rest with God
- Asleep in Jesus
- Sweetly sleeping
- He was beloved in life
- A man greatly beloved
- To know him was to love him
- Gone, but not forgotten
- Too well loved to ever be forgotten
- Resting with those he loved
- His joy was in serving others
- The song is ended, but the melody lingers on
- Rest is thine, sweet memory ours
- Loving memories last forever
- God took him home, it was His will, but in our hearts he liveth still
- His mission on earth fulfilled
- To those who knew and loved him, his memory will never grow old
- A loving father, tender and kind, what a beautiful memory you left behind
- His true wealth was in his generous heart, and what endless wealth he did have
- Fond memories linger every day, remembrance keeps him near
- The world's loss was heaven's gain when God took you home
- To live with him and sing in endless morn' of light!
- On him and on his high endeavour, the light of praise shall shine forever
- The world is diminished because he is gone... but it is still a better place because he was here
- Let not a man guard his dignity but let his dignity guard him (Emerson)
- He lives with us in memory and will for evermore
- No man is indispensable, but some are irreplaceable
- His friendship was an inspiration, his love a blessing
- His greatest joy was in making others happy
- My pal on earth, God’s angel in heaven
- To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die
- Home with God, which is far better
- Ours for a little while, with Jesus forever
- Everlasting life through Christ
- Beloved of the Lord
- Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion
- Not lost to memory! Not lost to love! But gone to our Father’s house, above
- Your love will light my way, your memory will ever be with me
- What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever
- Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven
- At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember him
- He longest lives who most to others gives, himself forgetting
- May the souls of the faithful, departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace
- He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee
Epitaphs and Words of Comfort
General Epitaphs and Words of Comfort
- At rest
- Rest in peace
- In God's loving care
- We will meet again
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For a Father, Husband, Son, Brother
- Rest in peace
- In loving memory
- Entered into rest
- Until we meet again
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For a Mother, Wife, Daughter or Sister
- Sweet in her ways
- She walked in beauty
- The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home and Heaven
- A mother's love grows by giving
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For an Infant or Child
- Our little angel
- Remembering a tiny angel
- Sweetly sleeping
- So small, so sweet, so soon
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From the Bible
- In God’s care
- Trust in God
- The Lord is my shepherd
- Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven
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From the Classics
- Heaven, the treasury of everlasting joy (Shakespeare)
- The end and the reward of toil is rest (James Beattie)
- In His will is our peace (Dante)
- Music, when soft voices dies, vibrates in the memory... (Shelley)
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