Tukios Announces “Video Backgrounds” for Obituaries – A New Way to Personalize Tributes

Ogden, UT – October 9, 2025 — Tukios, a leader in funeral technology solutions, is excited to introduce its upcoming “Video Backgrounds” feature. This new tool allows families to replace traditional cover photos, found behind the loved one’s photo on the obituary, with stock videos, providing a more dynamic and personalized tribute for their loved ones.

The Video Background feature offers a curated library of themed videos, including serene landscapes, sunsets, and other meaningful backdrops. These videos will appear in the spot where the “cover photo” typically goes, giving families a unique way to celebrate their loved one’s life.

A Seamless and Personal Experience

This easy-to-use feature enables funeral homes and families to select a video background that reflects the personality of the deceased, adding a more engaging and meaningful element to the online obituary. No extra setup is required, making it simple to incorporate into existing obituary pages.

Coming Soon: More Customization Options

The Video Background feature will be available soon and will be offered at no additional cost for funeral homes using Tukios’ platform. Families and funeral homes can explore a variety of options to create a fitting and respectful tribute.

About Tukios

Tukios provides innovative software solutions to funeral homes, offering easy-to-use tools for websites, video tributes, and e-commerce. Known for its leadership in AI technology, Tukios helps funeral professionals serve families with care, while keeping them relevant in the evolving digital landscape.

This Software Is Changing Funeral Tributes Forever | Exclusive Interview

In this exclusive webinar, we sit down with the creators of Eulogize—an intuitive, direct-to-consumer-inspired platform built for funeral professionals. See a full demo of the system in action, explore customization options, and learn why simplicity is the key to better family experiences and more efficient workflows. Whether you’re managing 5 services or 50, Eulogize helps streamline tribute creation—no bottlenecks, no learning curve, and yes… even your mom can use it.

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Photographs

Photos are treasures we keep for a long time, whether they are in albums, on phones, or framed on walls. It is common for us to arrange photos according to our lifestyle in order to remember loved ones who have passed away. Make ornaments from photographs, and scrapbooks, or create a memorial slideshow to preserve your loved one’s memories.

Cremation Jewelry

In addition to jewelry, a person can use it to keep loved ones close to their hearts at all times. A locket containing cremation ashes, photos, or hair can bring comfort to many people.

Memories of our Loved Ones

We cannot always find comfort in memories, even during difficult times. It is often necessary to reach out to others in order to hear stories and share memories of those we have lost. At the service or at home, you can gather your loved ones’ favorite stories and place them in a jar. This jar is great for keeping track of reminders and celebrating special occasions. It might be attractive to our tech-savvy friends to watch videos of family members sharing cherished memories. When you are organized, you can distribute the document as a keepsake or post it on social media.

Repurposing Belongings

You could create a pillow, blanket, or stuffed animal from the clothing of your lost one. With so much emphasis on recycling, reusing and reducing, why not reuse your lost one’s clothes? This collection will be cherished for generations to come by guests and future generations.

Our Own Memorial Garden

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Is Family Self-Service the Future of Funeral Tributes?

Ten years ago, who would have imagined supermarkets shoppers operating registers and bagging their own groceries, restaurant diners ordering and paying from tabletop kiosks, or websites where customer service issues are resolved by chatbots? Chances are you’ve taken advantage of these self-service capabilities — and enjoyed the benefits of each.

Self-service options are in demand and here to stay; in fact, up to 81% of consumers across all demographics now prefer to handle tasks on their own instead of interacting with a real person — even when it comes to deathcare. While this profession still requires a team of real-life professionals for certain responsibilities, you can now complement that hands-on care with the convenience of self-service memorial creation from Eulogize.

Self-service… simplified

Eulogize is an all-in-one, easy-to-use memorial and tribute platform that helps funeral homes exceed today’s family’s self-service expectations — with some unexpected benefits.

Your conversation about Eulogize memorials and tributes can begin anywhere — in person in the arrangement room or remotely via a branded online form on your website. Here you can share all the amazing products — from video tributes to premium printed keepsakes — and all of the available production options: a fully-DIY approach, in-house creation by your team with family editing options, or a collaborative combination of the two.

Based on the family’s preferences or your business model, you’ll simply set up their level of access to the Eulogize platform. For example, some families may just want the ability to upload photos, while others might want full editing privileges. Either way, your team can maintain unlimited online oversight, allowing you to check on progress or offer a helping hand when needed. 

The what ifs…

Ten years ago the thought of leaving tribute creation entirely in the hands of family members would have terrified most funeral professionals; it is still a concern to many in the present day. Everyone has heard of, if not witnessed, awkward mistakes that occurred from families creating their own tributes for a service: videos that wouldn’t play, critical spelling mistakes or just really bad designs. And no matter who created them, it is never a good look for the professionals putting on the service. 

So it is with good reason that many funeral directors have never previously entertained allowing family self-service as a tribute solution. However, most of these concerns can be reduced to a five key fears, but with Eulogize self-service you never have to worry about these again:

Fear one: The family might forget to bring the tributes to the service.
Solution: You can access and download their files from anywhere, even if they created them.

Fear two: The family might get the key details wrong, from spelling the name to dates of life.
Solution: All the key details can pre-fill from your case management platform, plus you can always check.

Fear three: The video file might not play on our machine or speakers.
Solution: All Eulogize videos export as an MP4 which will play anywhere, plus you can always pre-check with a test download.

Fear four: The family might create a really unprofessional-looking tribute, which would make the service look bad.
Solution: Eulogize is loaded with beautiful pre-designed templates that the family just need to edit, they can even add custom themes for each funeral home. Plus, with remote access at all times, you can always lend a helping hand for those who make a few interesting choices.

Fear five: My families would not have the technical skills to be able to create a tribute online.
Solution: Eulogize was originally a direct-to-consumer product and has always been built to enable those with no prior experience to create something with ease, with their simple templates and interactive guides.

While-24 hour live support is always available, you will be (pleasantly) surprised how few families actually reach out for help with the Eulogize tribute creation process. The straightforward platform intuitively guides users step-by-step through selecting templates, adding text, uploading images, and more.

Cathartic by design

This active participation in the creation of memorials and tributes is, of course, empowering for families, but also cathartic. Reviewing photos leads to the recollection of fond memories and the retelling of favorite stories, while extending invitations to others to add their own images or ideas encourages reminiscing and builds healing bonds. And even though families are using professionally-designed templates designed by Eulogize or added by your own firm, their creations inevitably will end up beautifully bespoke and uniquely personalized.

Unlock revenue

The benefits of offering Eulogize definitely don’t end with the families. The platform also opens up multiple avenues for additional revenue from memorial sales, post-service orders, and the time Eulogize gives back to your team. 

Eulogize offers a wide range of products that complement any service, even direct cremations. A lack of in-person funeral services doesn’t have to mean families should miss out on opportunities to create memorials and tributes to their loved one. And when families and friends see the exceptional quality of Eulogize’s premium keepsake options, including video books covered in sumptuous leather, additional orders are inevitable.

Eulogize works alongside your existing CRM, obituary, and website platforms; there’s no need to make any adjustments to your existing programs. You can also take advantage of Eulogize’s API-first approach, easily integrating the platform with applicable programs to save even more time transferring case details. The Eulogize team provides personalized onboarding, tailored to your specifications. Best of all, there’s no start-up fee, and every user is assigned unique login credentials at no additional cost.

Ready to check out Eulogize? Watch the video above, check out the Eulogize website, and/or reach out to the team at 1-800-295-8923, or email info@eulogizememorials.com

Chptr Joins Forces with Foundation Partners Group to Unveil Innovative Video Memorial Service, Bringing Tributes to Funeral Homes, Local Media and Families Across America

NEW YORK (Oct 22, 2024) — Chptr, a company dedicated to honoring life stories through thoughtful video memorials, today announced an agreement with Foundation Partners Group that will enable Foundation Partners’ local funeral directors to offer bereaved families Chptr’s personalized, high-quality video tributes, service listings and death notices.

With more than 250 funeral homes, cremation centers and cemeteries across 21 states, Foundation Partners is the second largest provider of funeral services in the United States.  The announcement comes on the heels of Foundation Partner’s launch of Afterall, a new digital hub that integrates content, community, connection and commerce into a simple and seamless experience for families.

Rolling out next month with Tulip, Foundation Partners’ direct-to-consumer cremation service, and in select funeral home locations, the new platform allows funeral professionals to provide families with branded memorial videos that capture the essence of their loved ones along with digital death notices. Using Chptr’s groundbreaking technology, videos and death notices can now be shared on local media and TV stations nationwide, allowing communities to come together in remembrance.

“Chptr’s platform offers Foundation Partners a thoughtful way to both generate new revenue streams and provide families with necessary and beautiful new products to remember their loved ones,” said Rehan Choudhry, CEO and co-founder of Chptr. “By integrating video and social connectivity, we’re offering funeral homes a comprehensive and compassionate approach to memorialization that goes beyond traditional obituaries. Together, we’re helping funeral directors meet the evolving needs of their communities.”

This collaboration ushers in a new era of remembrance where memorials come to life with photos, videos, stories and memories shared by loved ones. These dynamic tributes offer vibrant and evolving reflections of lives well-lived, far surpassing the static obituaries of the past.

“Combining Chptr’s cutting-edge technology with Tulip and our extensive network of funeral homes will transform how families and communities connect, share stories, and celebrate the lives of loved ones,” said Lee Senderov, Foundation Partners’ chief marketing and digital officer. “This partnership enhances our mission of bringing ease and comfort to families, while also introducing new avenues for digital storytelling.”

About Chptr

Chptr is a community-powered platform that partners with broadcast, digital, and print publishers to tell local and individual stories, fostering connections and creating lasting legacies. Through AI, Chptr transforms crowd-sourced stories, photos, and videos into compelling tributes, preserving memories for future generations. The platform collaborates with leading news organizations, enabling local businesses and individuals to share their narratives widely. Backed by top investors and experts, Chptr is building the world’s largest repository of memories, revolutionizing how stories are shared and remembered within communities. www.chptr.com

About Foundation Partners Group   

Winter Park, Florida-based Foundation Partners Group is one of the industry’s most innovative providers of funeral services and the second-largest funeral home group in the country based on the number of families served. Foundation Partners owns and operates a network of over 250 funeral homes, cremation centers and cemeteries across 21 states. Our deep understanding of technology and customer experience-centered approach allows us to deliver truly innovative and compassionate care to the families we serve.  Visit www.foundationpartners.com to learn more.