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Last updated: mayo 30, 2025
Creating a memorial for a loved one who has passed away is never easy. All sorts of questions may be running through your head as you do so. How should I write the obituary? What kind of memorial would they like? Am I properly honoring their life? All questions that can cause unneeded stress in a time of mourning.
However, this process can be made just a little bit easier through the use of QR codes. QR codes can allow you to share so much more about a person’s life and what they meant to their loved ones than a few words on a headstone ever could.
In this piece, I will go over QR codes created for memorial purposes, how they work, how you can make them, and how you can use them to honor the memory of your loved one.
Memorial QR codes are codes that represent the life of a deceased person. They are typically placed on headstones and can link to that person’s obituary, life story, body of work, or whatever else their loved ones felt was worth sharing to the world.
Memorial QR codes have become far more prevalent in recent years, with the biggest appeal being as a way to share more about the life of a deceased loved one to any friends, family, or general passersby who may visit their resting place.
QR codes work well on headstones since they can be easily engraved, scanned, and customized by the family of the deceased. Just about anyone with a mobile phone can scan the code and learn far more about a person’s life than what could ever be embossed on a headstone.
There are many different ways to use QR codes for memorial purposes. The most common would be for the deceased person’s obituary, but you can also use them for:
And more!
It may also be a good idea to go to a cemetery or graveyard and see what other families decided to use on their memorial QR codes for inspiration.
While most services that create QR codes specifically for headstones will change the code generation process themselves, you may want to create your own code to put on a poster, flier, card, or whatever else you wish. Here are the steps on how to do just that!
Copy the URL of the obituary (images and text documents can also be used)
On QR Code Developer, click on Create Code.
Select the Website option. 
Name your code and paste the URL into the field.
(Optional) To further customize the look and colors of your code, click on the pencil icon in the Preview window. 
Click Generate.
Test your code on multiple devices.
Below are just some of the services available that can help you make a memorial QR code that can be attached to a headstone. Take a look at all of them and decide which one would be best for you and your loved ones.
Deciding how you want your deceased loved one to be remembered is never easy. It’s just about impossible to shorten an entire person’s life, work, and stories into just a few sentences, and even fewer on a headstone.
However, by creating a memorial QR code, you can share far more about a person’s life than you ever could on stone or in an obituary. This way, they can be remembered for who they are and the life they lived for generations to come.
Get started now with the free tools available from QR Code Developer!
