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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