Preplanning Checklist
Download this checklist to make sure you aren’t missing any important steps when planning ahead for funeral wishes.
"How to Plan a Healing & Meaningful Funeral" eBook
This eBook provides you with all the information you need to plan a funeral that truly honors a life lived and comforts those left behind to mourn.
"What are My Burial Benefits as a Veteran?" eBook
This eBook details the burial benefits available for eligible veterans through the VA to facilitate a meaningful funeral ceremony.
The death of a loved one often brings about unwarranted stress and turmoil among families. One family member wants one thing, while another family member wants something different. By planning ahead, you help prevent those disagreements by letting your family know what your wishes are and how you want your funeral service to be carried out and your business handled.
Our staff guarantees we will carry out the arrangements you want, just as you directed. Once the plans have been arranged, you and your family can rest easy knowing at the time of death, those uncomfortable decisions have been made. In a time when a family should be able to easily grieve, preplanning allows for that to happen.
When you preplan your funeral arrangements, there are more options when it comes to funding the funeral. A preneed insurance policy, life insurance policy or other payment options can all be arranged before the time of death. At the time of death, services must be paid in full, so having options ahead of time can also reduce other stress related to losing someone.
Following the death of a loved one, there are more than 150 decisions that have to be made within the first day or two following the death. Those stressful decisions on top of the stress of grieving a loss can be eliminated by arranging your final wishes ahead of time. If those decisions are made, your loved ones aren’t left wondering what you would have wanted and how they should proceed with funeral plans. With those decisions out of the way, your loved one can begin the healing process sooner.
You can make funeral prearrangements in 3 easy steps:
Contact us to get started: Our planning professionals are ready to assist you and walk you through the process step by step.
Select your funeral preferences: Learn about your options, and choose the type of funeral service you desire, including any special requests.
Finalize arrangements: Finalize your arrangement with a payment plan for the services that can be paid in installments.
Book a meeting with our preplanning specialist to get started!
You'll need basic information about yourself or the person you are planning for, such as date of birth, marital status, parent's full names, etc. Besides the biological information, you'll need to choose burial or cremation, what type of service you'd like, what cemetery to use, etc. Our caring staff will help you with this process.
Preplanning is merely making your wishes known; however, most families who do this choose to pre-fund their funeral as well. Doing so will relieve the financial burden on your family and offers peace of mind to you.
If you have plans at another funeral home and would like to move them here, we will help you do that. If you move away from the area and would like to transfer your arrangements to another funeral home, we will assist you with that as well.
The GriefPlan Video Program was developed by Dr. Jason Troyer. This program includes more than 65 brief videos and 50 activity sheets that answer the most common questions about grief as well as provides a step-by-step guide to heal, remember, and rebuild after loss. We are proud to offer Dr. Troyer's GriefPlan program to our entire community free of charge.
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