Funeral invitations were used during the 19th and 20th centuries. The cards were sent to notify family and friends when the funeral was to be held. These invitations were very important socially. A funeral invitation could actually be used like a ticket, to gain admittance to a funeral, especially if it were for someone important or well known.
The collection displayed below is from our own inventory of historic documents, as well as online sites like Ancestry.com and Find-A-Grave. If you have any of these in your possession and would like us to share them on this site, please contact us.
Recently we added some 75+ cards from the collection of Todd Horner. They are below within the entire group, which has been sorted alphabetically. You can also note several styles of cards, as their format change over the years. And where duplicates exist, we have posted them to highlight how the same card has aged oved the last 100 years.






And here is the other side of her card. Please note that it was a post card, mailed to Emmie Horner.



(Todd Horner Collection)

(Todd Horner Collection)

(Todd Horner Collection)


(Todd Horner Collection)




(Todd Horner Collection)




(Todd Horner Collection)

(Todd Horner Collection)

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(From Gilbert Knight’s Pension File)

(From Gilbert Knight’s Pension File)

















































