How to Prepare A Funeral Checklist

A funeral is something no one wants to prepare for but has to one point of time in life. Hence, if you are an organized person, and love to have a checklist about everything, then you should also prepare one in case your loved one dies. Of course, the funeral home Kendall you contact will help you to fulfill many of the items in the list, but there are many things that you have to do first before you contact a funeral home. So, to help you out here is a short guide to such a checklist.

 


Making or taking the “call”

This is perhaps the hardest call you have to make or take in your life but that is the first thing you need to do. If you are doing the call, make sure you notify at least 2 to 3 of the closest relative/friend of the deceased person and then ask them to make the further calls. You won’t be in good condition to make many calls and can miss someone important. So, delegate the work to someone who is more stable. If you receive the call, try to remain calm and ask where you have to go and also ask if you need to call someone.

 

Transporting the deceased

The next item in your checklist should be about contacting the funeral home. If you already have a chosen one, then call them. Or ask around and choose one on their recommendation. The first thing the funeral home will do is transporting the deceased person from the place of death to the funeral home.

 

Check for pre-arrangement

Many people nowadays make their own funeral arrangement; so, before you start doing your own, know for sure that the deceased person doesn’t have one. If he or she has not made one, then go ahead and plan it according to your checklist. If there is such an arrangement, then you should follow that.

 

Meeting the Funeral Director

If you have to make the arrangement, then the next thing in the checklist is meeting the funeral director of your funeral home in Kendall. Many of your jobs will be taken over by him or her and all you have to do is listen to his or her guidance.

 

Cemetery selection

If the deceased person does not have a pre-selected burial plot, then you need to meet a cemetery official to buy a plot. Of course, your funeral home in Kendall will help you in this regard but if you have a pre-determined cemetery of choice, you need to go and talk to them about a plot.

 

Selection of funeral products

As the date of the funeral comes closer, you need to sit with your funeral director and finish selecting items for the funeral as well as memorial products. It includes a grave marker to casket to even what flowers to have during the funeral.

 

Estate and Administrative affairs

The checklist is not complete with the funeral; there is an important job you have to do after the funeral and that is the handling of the estate of the deceased. This legal step is very important as it includes important things like filing death benefit claims, sending death notice to transfer of title deeds in the name of the deceased person.


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