Advance Funeral Planning Information & Work Sheet from Cremation Urns by Legacy

Advance Funeral Planning

One of the most loving acts we can provide to our family is reducing the stress and anxiety of decision making when they are most devastated. Use the Work Sheet below to record your funeral wishes.

The funeral service is a very important rite of passage for your dearly beloved, providing the closure they require in order to have experienced a proper goodbye, and enabling them to start the process of healing.

Pre-Need Funding

Aside from recording all your preferences and details on the Advance Funeral Planning Work Sheet below, another part of your Planning gesture is taking the opportunity to have handled the funding for the funeral, thus eliminating the difficulty of financial strain at a time of deep emotional duress.

These are a few ways to arrange funeral funding in advance:

    * Establish a contract with a Licensed Funeral Director to act as a Trust Fund
    * Purchase a Life Insurance policy from a Life Insurance company that will cover the funeral services
    * Open a Savings Account at your bank to cover the funeral expenses, and designate it "Payable upon Death" to the Funeral Home of your choice.

Each option has its advantages. To find Funeral Providers with Preneed Insurance, please go to our Cremation Information page.

When considering the options for Advance Funeral Planning, here are some good questions to ask:

    * Who receives the interest on the account?
    * Who pays the taxes on the interest?
    * Is pre-payment ever refundable?
    * What are my options if I should move?
    * Can the Plan be used at any Funeral Home?
    * What happens if the Funeral Home is sold or goes out of business?
    * Are the costs locked in, and guaranteed not to increase?

ADVANCE FUNERAL PLANNING WORK SHEET

- The Advance Funeral Planning Work Sheet can be used to record the information needed for your final arrangements.
- You will provide much relief for your family if this record is kept in one location, perhaps in a desk or another designated place of safe-keeping.
- Simply take the time to fill it in, print it out, seal and clearly mark it in an envelope, and tell a family member about its location.
- If you have other documents such as a Will, Life Insurance policy, or a CD containing the music you would like played at your Funeral or Memorial Service, keep these with the envelope.

Download the Work Sheet in a printer-friendly PDF format: Advance Funeral Planning Work Sheet (Note: You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader for free).

This Work Sheet applies to either choices of Cremation or Burial. We hope you will find this guide to Advance Funeral Planning useful. If you need further information, please contact us.  If you are looking for an artistic cremation urn, you'll find many beautiful choices in our web store.