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Loss of a Coworker

Workplace condolences.

Sympathy Cards 5 verses

About this card

Loss of a Coworker is the kind of occasion that benefits from a card you can hold — not a text, not a forwarded image, not a calendar reminder, but something printed on real paper that someone can prop on a shelf or tuck into a book. The verses below were written specifically for Loss of a Coworker rather than adapted from a general template, so each one carries the right register: warmer where warmth fits, quieter where quiet fits, lighter where the moment can take a smile.

Pick the verse that suits the person you're sending it to. If two feel right, you can use one as the front-of-card line and the other as the inside note. If none feel quite right, scroll down to the related occasions — sometimes a sibling card has exactly the tone you're looking for.

Print at home: these verses fit a standard A2 (4.25×5.5″) folded card or a half-letter (5.5×8.5″) flat card on 80–110 lb cardstock. See the printing guide for layout templates and paper recommendations.

Five verses for Loss of a Coworker

  • There are no good words for Loss of a Coworker. Only a hand to hold, a meal to bring, and the quiet promise that you do not have to carry this alone.
  • Grief is love with nowhere to go. Wherever you put it today, know that we are with you.
  • Holding you gently in our hearts at this Loss of a Coworker. Take all the time you need.
  • Some losses do not get smaller — they only become the size of the love. Sending steady, patient love today.
  • We are here. For tonight, for tomorrow, and for the long quiet after. Sending you our deepest sympathy.

Writing tips for this occasion

If you're adding a personal line of your own beneath the verse, keep it specific. Mention a small thing — a shared memory, a thing you noticed, a way they made you feel last week. Generic compliments slide off the page, but a single concrete detail ("I still think about your tomato sauce," "your handwriting on that birthday list") lands hard and lasts.

Sign with the name they call you, not the name on your driver's license. Cards are intimate; signatures should be too. And if you're mailing it, write the address by hand — the envelope is part of the card. For more on the small choices that distinguish a memorable card from a forgettable one, the CardVerse card etiquette guide walks through register, format, and timing across cultures.

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