Taking The Stress Off Your Family With Preplaning Of Your Final Wishes

It is a subject that people do not like to talk about but the fact remains, the day will come when we all leave this life. If you take the time to plan for this, you can get all the details settled and not leave it to your family to deal with. If there are specific things that you would like to have done, either a service or maybe cremation, let your family know this but if you can arrange these services with the funeral home, all the family needs to do is call the one you specified to them.

Meeting With The Funeral Home

Taking the time to sit down with the funeral director and discuss the options for your final wishes is a good way to get things set up at a time when there are not so many emotions involved. After a family member has passed, the family is often left to make the decisions about what needs to be done but the reality is, the mourning process makes it hard to make clear decisions. If you can set the details in advance, it will be much easier for your family after you are gone and the funeral director will just have to act on your wishes as specified in the documentation you put in place.

Cremation Services

If you choose to be cremated after your passing, the funeral home will handle all of that. Whether it is done in-house or they send the body to a crematorium, the details can be set before your passing. If you have specific wishes as to how your ashes will get distributed, you can spell that out in the paperwork as well. In some cases, family members may like a small urn with a small amount of the ashes in it to keep as a reminder or to feel they still have a part of you with them. Other times the family may opt to have all the ashes in one place. Once the cremation is complete, the ashes can be put in an urn and buried or put in a vault at the cemetery. Discuss these details with your family then make sure to pass them along to the funeral home you are working with.

Buying Your Burial Plot

Even if you are cremated, you may still want to have a burial plot where the urn can be placed and a headstone or marker will stand. For some people, it is important to have a family plot where all the members of the family can be laid to rest together. If you are interested in doing this, you will need to purchase the plots ahead of time to make sure you get all the space you want or need. Discuss this with your family and get them involved in finding the right location in the cemetery where you want the family to rest together. There will often be a great many years between the first and last burial in the plot so making sure it is paid for and secured in advance is the best way to be sure everyone will be together.