Funeral Arrangements Checklist
Planning a funeral can be very emotional as well as intimidating. Family members and friends are deep in their sorrows, working through the grieving process. If your loved one pre-planned their funeral services, it makes it a little easier for you and your family. However, not many people enjoy thinking about their death and making plans for it. Without guidance from the departed, you may feel more weight on your shoulders. However, working with the director of your local funeral home, you can get the help you need to plan a perfect service to honor the life of your loved one.
Common Steps to Planning Funeral Services:
- Find a funeral home and make an appointment to coordinate arrangements
- Choose the type of disposition (burial, cremation)
- Choose the type of service you wish to have (private or public)
- Choose where the services will be held
- Choose a casket or cremation urn
- Purchase grave marker
- Choose a cemetery plot
- Contact the religious establishment if services are needed
- Contact family, close friends, and employer
- Gather information for obituary (usually includes information about the deceased and the survivors, as well as the time and place of services)
- Personalize your event
- Choose the pallbearers, speakers, prayers, and hymns
- Create a memorial video
- Create memorial cards/programs
- Choose photos to display
- Coordinate food for the next several days
- Arrange childcare or pet care
- Plan for the disposition of flowers after the funeral
- Make a "thank you" list for flowers, calls, cards
- Notify the bank, insurance companies, credit card companies, utilities, military, and lawyers of the death, depending on circumstances
Contact Our Funeral Home
The list above is just some of the steps involved in planning funeral services for your loved one. When you need to make funeral arrangements, the team at Lester H. Wedekindt Funeral Home Inc. is ready to guide you and your family through this difficult time. We help take some of the stress away, allowing you the ability to move through the grieving process. Our caring team will sit down with you to help make important decisions concerning funeral services. Contact our funeral home today serving the Buffalo, Kenmore, Tonawanda, Amherst, North Tonawanda, Williamsville, and Niagara Falls, NY areas.
