Publishing an obituary should be the easiest part of the grieving process.

Publishers, funeral homes, and families use Column to collaborate on writing, designing, and publishing obituaries to honor loved ones and celebrate them across the community.

Trusted Software Partner

Why Publishers Choose Column for Obits

“Obituaries are something our community wants to read in our newspaper. It’s one of the most popular and precious sections. It increases readership for us, to have a safe and respectful obituaries section. Column makes this possible.”

“It’s really helpful to have multiple newspapers in one platform — it’s just one, seamless transition to get the obituary into all of the newspapers.”

“Simple. Easy to use. Intuitive. It’s a really nice service for us and our community. Funeral homes need history, invoicing, reports — Column Obits provides that."

“We get more obituaries from our community because they now have the opportunity to publish them when they are ready. This is a matter of convenience. With Column, families can now do this any time — night or day — including our funeral homes.”

Give families a respectful & ad-free experience.

No grieving family should have to deal with a clunky tool or distracting upsells. We prioritize care and ease.

Self-Serve Tool

Multi-Layouts

Design Proofs

Print & Online

Strengthen funeral home relationships.

Provide exceptional customer service for funeral homes with a centralized and organized platform.

Tracking Dashboard

Simplified Billing

Proof-Sharing

Multi-Paper Posting

Implement death verification for individual obits.

Allow individuals to submit obituaries to your publication by outsourcing death verification to Column.

Verification Steps

Death Notices

Status Updates

Create a digital memorial space for communities.

Reclaim your community connection by offering readers a respectful and dynamic display site for obituaries.

Search Tools

Shareable Links

RSS Feeds

Image Enhancement

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We are experts in legal notices, obituaries, and classifieds. Our products are designed to make things simple, efficient, and organized for everybody involved in the publishing process. We take user feedback seriously and ship features that we know add value.

Legal Notices

Every minute a customer uses Column to submit a legal notice. We provide the most comprehensive set of tools for managing the legal notice process available for publishers, law firms, and governments.

Classifieds

Businesses owners and advertisers can enjoy a seamless self-serve experience creating, managing, and publishing classifieds — everything from real estate to milestones to business announcements.

Obituaries

We believe the most important legacy is the story of your loved ones. Families, funeral homes, and publishers work together in Column to honor those legacies with care and ease.