A tribute from everyone who knew them, gathered gently
When someone dies, the stories arrive from everywhere — the old colleague, the neighbour, the friend from fifty years ago — and the family has no way to hold them. KeepSakePage gives everyone one private link to record a memory in their own words: a video, a voice note, a written note, a photo. Those who'd rather talk than type can phone it in.
The best moments become a short film for the service or the gathering after it, and the whole collection lives on a private page the family keeps. It can be ready in days. Free during the beta; ask for an invite and we send a code.
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- Private until the party
- You approve every message
- Anyone can call it in
How it works for a memorial
Collect
One private link for the family to share — in the notice, the group chat, the email to the old colleagues — and a phone number for anyone who'd rather talk. People record when they're ready; no app, no account, nothing public.
Cut
Approve the memories you want shown, add a piece of music that was theirs, and let the director cut the film: the best moment from each, the best line from every note, with photographs between. Change anything by hand.
Share it
Play it at the service or the gathering, then give the family the link: every memory, every photo, theirs to keep. The page stays open for the people who need more time.
What to say in a memorial message
Borrow one, or let it remind you of your own. Thirty seconds is plenty; the director keeps the best moment.
- I worked beside him for twenty years and never heard him raise his voice. I'd like his family to know that.
- She taught me to drive in that green car, and she never once gripped the door handle. That was her all over.
- Here's the story he told at every Christmas, told the way he told it, so it doesn't get lost.
- We were neighbours for thirty years. The fence between us was a formality.
- I'm one of the students. There were hundreds of us, and every one of us thought we were her favourite.
- The last time we spoke he was planning the garden. I've planted it.
- Grandpa, I'm recording this because you said the important things should be said out loud.
- From the Tuesday coffee group: the chair is still there, and so is the argument he started about the referendum.
- She wrote to me every week of my first year away. I still have the letters. Here's one.
- This is a photo of the four of us in 1971. He's the one laughing, of course.
A few facts
Questions people ask
How quickly can this be ready?
The page can be open the day you ask, the invitation goes out that afternoon, and the film can be cut from whatever has arrived by the morning of the service. Late memories join the page afterwards; nothing has to be finished by a deadline.
Who sees the memories?
The organizer and any co-organizer approve each one; nothing is visible to anyone else until the family chooses to share the page. The page's address is private, and there's a password if you want one.
Can people who aren't online take part?
Yes. Every page comes with a phone number: they call, hear the name in the greeting, and talk after the tone. For an older circle of friends this is often half the memories.
We're not ready to make a film. Can we just collect?
Yes. Many families collect first and decide about the film later, or never. The page holds everything either way, and the film can be cut months on.
Can it include photographs and old letters?
Yes. Anyone can add photos with a memory; a letter can be read aloud as a voice note, or photographed. The director places photographs between the clips.
Does the family have to curate it themselves?
Someone close but one step removed often does — a niece, a friend, a colleague. Co-organizers can be added, and the family can simply receive the page.
What does the family keep?
The whole page — every memory, every photograph, the film — and a downloadable archive, so it outlives the service and any website. The page can stay open for a year, and longer if they wish.
Start theirs
Free during beta · Request an invite. Tell us about the occasion and we'll send you an invite code to create the page.