predeceased
Passed away earlier
Predeceased means to die before someone else, typically used in legal or formal contexts when discussing inheritance or family relationships: She predeceased her husband by three years.
The term appears frequently in wills and obituaries to clarify the order of deaths: If the beneficiary has predeceased the testator, the gift passes to the alternate.
Property and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- bequestGift left by will
- probateWill validation proceedings
succession · testator · intestate · executor · will · trust · devise · codicil
State following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
widower · orphan · anguish · heartache · lamentation · consolation · sympathy · condolences
Predecessor in lineage
- forebearAncestral family member
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
- foremotherFemale forebear
- progenitorAncestor or originator
patriarch · matriarch · antecedent · elder · primogenitor · genealogy · ancestry · lineage
estate
Property and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- bequestGift left by will
probate · succession · testator · intestate · executor · will · trust · devise · codicil · disinheritance
bereavement
State following loss
widow · widower · orphan · anguish · heartache · lamentation · consolation · sympathy · condolences · remembrance
ancestor
Predecessor in lineage
- forebearAncestral family member
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
- foremotherFemale forebear
progenitor · patriarch · matriarch · antecedent · elder · primogenitor · genealogy · ancestry · lineage · family tree
- obituariesdeath notice, death announcement, eulogy, in memoriam, survivors