A eulogy is not a Britannica entry, biographical sketch, or “performance review.”
Avoid negatives, but don’t make things up.
Talk from the vantage point of your personal experience with the subject.
Bring it to life with anecdotes. A eulogy is not a summary. The anecdotal material can be “episodic” and does need to be chronological.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
November 2024
Roger's rhetoric 
One would be blessed to have Roger write the eulogy for one’s self or a member of one’s family, especially based on the eulogies Roger wrote for Dr. Colp and Bill Dalzell, highlighting the beauty of their lives.
Roger wrote obituaries in a local newspaper for members of my family which required shorter abbreviated versions. Roger always comes up with an amazing writing result; he is a role model of how to honor lives; as Roger would say, catch their essence.
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