Funeral Arrangements
What plans can you make to ease the burden?
Most people do not discuss their death or their funeral arrangements, which creates a void for family who are left with the duty of trying to guess what our beloved deceased wishes may have been.
Below is a list of items to consider so that your family are able to carry out your wishes after you are gone.
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Burial or cremation?
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Church or graveside?
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Family only or public service?
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Flowers or donations?
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A formal wake or family at home?
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If burial:
Have you reserved a plot?
Which cemetery?
Lawn or general (monumental) grave?
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If cremation, where are the ashes to be stored?
At home?
Scattered? Where and/or how?
Placed in a family grave?
Cemetery ashes area - rose or rock gardens, columbarium or memorial wall?
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What form of permanent memorial should there be?
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Memorials/Headstones - which mason and design?
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