Pre-Planning Options
Taking the time to arrange your funeral now leaves one less thing your loved ones will need to worry about when you’ve passed. As directors, our responsibility is to guide you in the planning process.
Although people spend months planning events like weddings and trips, few think about the one event that is certain to happen: their funeral. While most people do not want to think about their own mortality, pre-planning your funeral can be a huge relief to your family in the future, and set your mind at ease that what you want at the end of life will be honored. The primary advantage of pre-arranging your funeral is to relieve the burden on your loved ones in an emotional time, and to ensure your funeral is carried out according to your wishes, eliminating the task of second-guessing what you would have wanted. Pre-planning and prepaying your funeral is a thoughtful gift you can give to your family.
Pre-Payment Options
Prepaying for your funeral reduces stress and financial burden on your loved ones after your passing. By prepaying your funeral, you ease the financial impact on your family. Each year thousands of people decide to pre-plan and pre-pay for their funeral. These plans are designed to be flexible and to accommodate the many changes that often occur in people’s lives
What You Can Do in Advance
- Decide on Burial or Cremation and your casket or urn type
- Pick what type of service you want (religious, military, non-traditional)
- Choose which funeral home to use
- Designate your pallbearers, pick any music or readings you want at your service
Benefits of Pre-Planning
- Between 70 and 75 decisions are made within the first 24-48 hours of death. It’s difficult to think rationally while making so many decisions within days of losing someone. Pre-planning gives yourself, family, and friends peace of mind
- It’s easy. Anyone can do it, and you can change your mind at any time
