Pre-Planning Options

Pre-planning your own funeral can be one of the best gifts you give to your family and loved ones. While many individuals make extensive preparations for life events like weddings and vacations, they rarely do so for something as inevitable as their death. The moment to pre-plan your funeral is now, even though most individuals do not want to consider their own morality. The main benefits of planning your funeral in advance are to lessen the burden on your loved ones during an already difficult time and to guarantee that your funeral is conducted in accordance with your preferences, which eliminates the need to speculate about what you would have liked. Making funeral arrangements now will relieve some of the burden on your loved ones after your passing.

Pre-Payment Options

By paying for your funeral in advance, you relieve your loved ones of the stress and financial strain following your passing. From a single payment plan to monthly bank account withdrawals, we can organize a payment schedule that meets your needs. By paying in advance for your funeral, you prevent your family from second-guessing whether they spent too much or too little on it. Additionally, prepayment shields you and your loved ones from inflation, and the increase is tax-free. Depending on where you live, if the cost of your funeral is less than the money you have set aside, your beneficiaries will receive a return. Just ask your funeral director for further details about what applies in your area. Thousands of individuals choose to pre-plan and pre-pay for their funerals each year.

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, and pick any music or readings you want at your service.

Benefits of Pre-Planning

• Roughly 70 decisions must be made immediately after death occurs.  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. Planning beforehand lets your loved ones know what you want and how you want your life to be celebrated.
• Anyone can pre-plan and it's easy. Nothing is set in stone and can be changed throughout your life.