When a friend or family member passes away, taking care of her social networking sites may be one affair you need to address. While you are allowed to keep his Facebook profile intact, the site will memorialize his profile if you request it. Once an account is memorialized, it cannot be accessed, and will not appear in search results except to friends. The profile wall remains available to friends who want to leave comments in remembrance.
Instructions
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Sign in to your Facebook account. Click on the white arrow in the top right corner of any Facebook screen and choose "Help Center" from the menu. If you don't have an account on Facebook scroll down to the very bottom of the Facebook homepage and click "Help."
2Type the word "Memorialize" in the "Enter a keyword or question" field and click "Search."
3Click on "How do I report a deceased user or an account that needs to be memorialized?" to expand the information for that question.
4Click on the underlined "Here" link in the "Memorialize the account" section. Facebook directs you to a form where you can report a page in need or memorializing.
5Fill out the form with as much information as you can about the deceased user's account, such as her name, email address and the URL for her profile. Supply a link to an obituary or news story about the user's death, whenever possible.
6Click the blue "Submit" button at the bottom of the form to send it to Facebook.
