All About Funerals

Being notified of the death of a close friend or family member can be devastating.  I wanted to point out a link to one of the many articles on Funeral Home Resource that can make it easier to stay focused on taking care of all of the details surrounding a loss.

The Funeral Checklist provides an overview of the items you will want to consider.  Find more Funeral Articles.

Many people ask me how they recommend I find choosing a funeral home.  If you’re in a local community you can certainly rely on recommendations from others.  I still recommend “interviewing” all of the local resources as this is one of the most important and memorable occasions in a lifetime and should be treated as such.  Online directories, like Funeral Home Resource can provide a list of local funeral homes to make it easy to call ones that are close to you.  Take notes during each of your calls and, if you can, schedule meetings in person.

Here is the link to a helpful checklist:  Funeral Checklist

Yes.  Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Funeral Chapels all handle cremation. A funeral home, mortuary or funeral chapel may not have the equipment to handle a cremation on premises but will have a contact with a cremation company that can handle the entire cremation process.

Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Funeral Chapels can explain all your options available to you.  Although cremation may be less expensive than the average funeral there is many options available and one must look at the arrangements as two.  What are your options before one is cremated and what are your options after the cremation is completed.

As with any funeral home arrangements, one must choose which funeral home to handle the arrangements for them.  I recommend a funeral home that you can trust and feel comfortable with the funeral director who will be handling all the arrangements. I also recommend pre arrangements or prepaying your funeral in advance and expressing your wishes to your funeral home of choice.

Yes.  A funeral home, mortuary, or funeral chapel will handle contacting newspapers on your behalf.  Most funeral homes will charge you exactly what they are charged by the newspaper.  You can request to be carbon copied on the email so you will know that it has been handled exactly the way you want and to the newspapers of your choice.

Most funeral homes will also keep a copy on record should you ever need a copy and some even post them on there website.