Wedding Program for Divorced and Deceased Parent

I'm of the opinion that it's always easier to just do "together with their families, Jane Smith & John Doe request the pleasure of your company at their wedding..."

View Quoted Comment This works great for an invitation, but not so much for a program.


OP, if your dad hadn’t passed, would you want to include him in your program? If so, you would put “Mom Lastname and the late Dad Lastname.” If you didn’t have a relationship with him and don’t want to honor him in your program, you aren’t required to.

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Ah, my apologies. Totally misread this. Agreed entirely! OP if you feel uncomfortable with honoring your dad in the program, it's definitely not a necessity.

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Not sure if I want to include my father yet. I do have an amazing relationship with him, however, he was abusive to my mom. Not sure if I feel comfortable having their names next to each other. However, this is a problem I will have to figure out myself.

If I do want to have my father in the program this will be how I do it right?

Parents of Bride
Jane Smith
The Late Joe Johnson

View Quoted Comment That’s correct.