How Do I Word My Wedding Invitations When My Mom Is Deceased?
Here’s my problem…I’m trying to figure out a way to word my wedding invitations..my fiancee (groom’s) parents are still both alive, my mom is deceased and my dad is still living, but married a woman VERY shortly after my mom passed, so I DO NOT want to include her in any parts of that in the invitation..My fiancee and I are paying for 75% of the wedding, and I would say his parents and my dad are paying for about 25% of the wedding combined..please help!
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You would word it this way:
Sandra Jane Doe
Daughter of Mr. Robert Doe and the late Mrs. Julia Doe
and
William Henry Smith
Son of Mr. Earl Smith and Mrs. Alice Smith
Request the pleasure of you company……..
etc etc etc
The point is to honor both sets of parents but word it so that it’s clear that you and your fiance are the hosts and your mom isn’t a host as she’s deceased.
Hi, I hope this helps:
Deceased Parents (One living parent of Bride)
Tammie Nelson
daughter of Mr. Ronald Nelson and the late Mrs. Martha Nelson
and
David Connell
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Connell
request the honour of your
presence at their marriage
Saturday, the first of March
two thousand fourteen
at half past two o’clock in the afternoon
Holy Family Catholic Church
5254 Orinda Street
Austin, Texas 35984
This way you are honoring you late mother and you don’t need to feel guilty for that, she would like it that way!
She will be there anyway watching over you as you walk down the isle… she wouldn’t miss it for anything! God bless you and may you live happily ever after!
Well, my husband and I just got married about a month ago. His dad had passed as well but his mom never remarried… We wrote on our invites:
Mr. and Mrs. ________(my dad and mom)
and
Mr. and Mrs. ________(his dad and mom)
request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their children
(my name)
and
(his name)
date (spelt out)
time (spelt out)
address
*Hope this helps. Although his dad had already passed, he is still his dad’s son.. In your case, you are still YOUR mother’s daughter… not your step-monther’s daughter..
My fiance has a mom, a stepdad (who has basically raised him), and a real dad who he has a somewhat distant relationship with. We are paying for almost the entire wedding ourselves because my parents are very financially strapped. Because of we didn’t know who to write on the invitation, we worded it:
“Together with our parents,
we,
XXXXX XXXXXXX
and
XXXXX XXXXXX
request the honor of your presence…”
Your name and Your Fiance’s name, along with their parents,
Your dad’s name and the late Your mom’s name
and
Your fiance’s parents’ names,
invite you to join in the celebration of their marriage on (insert date here) at (insert time and place).
I like the way Mrs. Happy Wife put it.
If that won’t work, you could also leave out the parents names altogether:
“The parents of xx & xy …”
or even
“Mr & Mrs (your dads name)” …
since technically that could refer to your biological mom without blatantly dissing your step mom
{back in the day, a wife would be “Mrs Jane Doe”,
but Mrs. (husbands name) e.g. Mrs. John Doe.
try this
The honor of your presence is
requested at the wedding of
(brides name)
daugther of
(father and mother of bride)
and
(grooms name)
son of
(father and mother of groom)
on
date, time, location, blah blah blah.
You can’t say that your mum and dad are inviting people to attend the wedding, as she isn’t…. you could word it so it says the children of so and so I suppose!
Do your invitation wording as if you were hosting the event… aka… Together with there parents Name & Name would like you join in on the celebration of there marriage on date……make it simple
My Dad has passed (mom isn’t remarried) and my Fiance’s Parents are divorced (his mom is remarried). We did ours as follows:
Judy Doe
Daughter of Mrs. Jane & the late Mr. John Doe
and
Jack Smith
Son of Mrs. Sarah James & Mr. Jerry Smith
Invite you to ….
This way your biological parents are all mentioned, it is noted that a parent is deceased. There is no mention of step-parents.
This is how I would suggest you handle yours.