Pre-Planning a Funeral
What is it?
When you plan in advance, you are making choices based on your wishes as to how your final arrangements will be carried out. Thus, it is the process by which you can eliminate confusion, uncertainty, and unnecessary expense on the part of the person making your burial and funeral arrangements, because you've already taken care of them.
What do I need?
A funeral service usually includes professional services, transportation services, embalming and other preparation, facilities for visitation, the funeral ceremony, and funeral vehicles. Funeral merchandise includes a casket, outer burial container, and other associated items. The cemetery decisions include property, committal service, and memorialization. These are some of the many decisions that must be made when there is a death in the family.
What are the advantages of advanced planning?
There are many advantages when you take care of your final arrangements in advance. The most obvious benefit is financial, but the most important is the emotional benefit. When making burial arrangements at the time of need, you are limited to making hasty decisions. When you make arrangements in advance you have a better opportunity to make informed choices. One of the most difficult situations your loved one will ever face, is to have to walk into a casket selection room, and decide which casket would best suit you. Financially, when making arrangements in advance of need, you guarantee today's prices, and your choices can be paid through affordable payment plans, instead of immediate payment, which is required at the time of need.
How does someone do it?
The best way to prearrange is to have one of our funeral directors explain your options. Knowing that this subject is not always pleasant, our directors are trained to "walk you through" the process in a very non-threatening manner. This can be done in the comfort of your home, or at our facility. Our intention is to provide you with all of your options, assess what your specific needs are, and help you put them on paper. Our directors are also able to provide you with funding options if you choose to take care of the funding of your arrangements as well.
How would I pay in advance?
There are various payment methods and investment options for paying in advance. Our funeral directors will explain these options and help make a decision that best suits your individual needs.
There are several affordable payment options available. Call us any time at
Silas F. Richardson
& Son Funeral Home, Inc.
106 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453
978-534-9137 ~ 978-840-8937 (fax)
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