Funeral or prayer cards are frequently distributed at funerals as mementos of the deceased. They can also be valuable in genealogical research. (Photo by Danny Klein) When I first started ...

With any luck, they will tuck my prayer card in the book, somewhere in the middle if I have a vote on this, and keep the party going. Contact Jim Stingl at (414) 224-2017 or [email protected] .

On the backs of these 4.25-by-2.5 inch cards—underneath the sincere but stock phrase “In Loving Memory of”—are the names of the deceased, their birth and death dates, and brief prayers or ...