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Lots of good advice here. I recently had to perform one and used humor and index cards. I memorized what I wanted to say but still the cards were a big help.
I thought hard about the person (my father) and what he meant to me and the family. I relayed that with examples- and a couple of the examples were funny. I did an outline and then wrote the speech. The outline basically became my index cards.
I also kept it relatively short- around ten minutes. You can't chronicle anyone's life even if you take two hours. And, IMO, people don't want to hear it.
Hope this helps...
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