Condolence Letters

96 sympathy/condolence letters to help you express sorrow and concern

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How to express your condolences when a friend or relative suffers a loss:

• Describe how much the deceased was respected and admired by you and others.

• Mention a few of the deceased person's strengths, achievements, and successes.

• If appropriate, include a short personal story or anecdote involving your relationship with the deceased.

• Strike a careful balance between the formal tone of a condolence letter and its deeply personal nature.

• Remember that a mourner is emotionally drained, so keep your condolence letter short--under one page in length.

• If you can do so sincerely, offer to help in some way and include contact information such as your cell phone number and your email address.

• If you have strong religious convictions, comfort the mourner with your belief that the deceased will find peace and happiness in a better world.

• Put yourself in the mourner's place and imagine the kind of condolence letter you would like to receive.

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Condolence Letter Topics

Get a variety of condolence letters for each of these topics:

• Announce bad news to employees

• Announce the death of a family member, or write the obituary

• Announce the death of a family member to other family members, close friends, and acquaintances

• Announce the death of an employee or an employee's relative

• Encourage an employee after a disappointment or a company setback

• Express regret on the defeat of legislation or the loss of an election

• Inform employees of another's illness

• Offer sympathy for a marriage separation or divorce

• Offer sympathy for loss or damage caused by a theft, vandalism, or natural disaster

• Offer sympathy for the death of a business associate

• Offer sympathy for the death of a business associate's family member

• Offer sympathy for the death of a child

• Offer sympathy for the death of a friend or relative

• Offer sympathy for the death of a person who has been ill

• Offer sympathy for the loss of a job

• Offer sympathy for the loss or death of a pet

• Offer sympathy in a case of serious or terminal illness

• Send a gift with a sympathy letter

• Thank someone for expressions of sympathy

• Write a get-well message regarding an employee's or business associate's family member who is suffering from illness or injury

• Write a get-well message to a child suffering from illness or injury

• Write a get-well message to a friend or relative suffering from an illness or injury

• Write a get-well message to an employee or business associate suffering from illness or injury

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