Mark an Individual Constituent as Deceased

When an individual constituent passes away, you can mark the constituent as deceased. When you mark a constituent as deceased, you can enter information such as the deceased date. The program automatically retains the information about deceased constituents but excludes them from constituent searches. To search for a deceased constituent, you must first select Include deceased on the Constituent Search screen.

After you mark a constituent as deceased, you can edit the deceased date or confirmation information as necessary from the Personal tab. For information about how to edit information about a deceased constituent, see Personal.

Note: If you use Blackbaud’s DeceasedRecordFinder service and your system administrator configures the Life Changes options in Constituents, the program automatically marks deceased constituents as deceased and updates their constituent records. For information about the Life Changes options, see . For information about DeceasedRecordFinder, see the Administration Guide.

Note: Your system administrator may configure the Life Changes options so you can edit information about a deceased constituent from the Deceasing Options page.

If you accidentally or incorrectly mark a constituent as deceased, you can make a constituent marked as deceased active again.