Pre-Planning Checklist

Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be overwhelming for your surviving family and friends. Pre-planning your funeral service can help them manage their grief and stress by ensuring your final wishes are honored.

Benefits of Pre-Planning Your Funeral Service

Pre-planning your funeral not only alleviates the burden on your loved ones but also ensures that your personal preferences are respected. It provides clear guidance, preventing your family from making difficult decisions during an emotional time.

Steps for Pre-Planning Your Funeral

1. Choose the Type of Service You Want

• Select a Funeral Home and Director: Decide which funeral home and director you prefer to handle your service.
• Decide on the Type of Service: Choose between burial, cremation, donation, or another type of service.
• Determine Burial Preferences: If opting for burial, decide on the cemetery and plot.
• Explore Casket and Urn Options: Meet with a funeral director to review options for caskets and urns.
• Select Clothing: If burial is chosen, decide on the clothing for the deceased.
• Choose the Service Location: Consider whether you want the service at a funeral home, religious facility, sentimental building, or graveside.
• Decide on Flowers or Donations: Choose the type of flowers or decide if you prefer donations to a specific charity.
• Select Participants: Choose pallbearers, officiants, and others who will participate in the service.
• Choose Music: Select songs to be played during the service.
• Write an Obituary: Draft an obituary or make notes on the information you want included.
  
  

2. Choose Who You Want to Be in Charge

• Executor and Will: Ensure your executor has a copy of your will.
• Account Information: Provide a trusted family member or friend with a list of important accounts to manage after your death.
• Final Wishes: Communicate your final service wishes to a designated person.
• Power of Attorney: Designate someone to be your power of attorney.
• Utility and Subscription Management: Prepare someone to cancel basic utility services and subscriptions.
• Appoint a Legal Representative: If you lack relatives to handle your arrangements, legal methods exist to appoint someone, and our funeral home can assist with these forms.
  
  

3. Choose to Pay in Advance

Pre-paying for your funeral can ease the financial burden on your survivors. Consider paying in advance for the following:

• Cemetery Services: Purchase your burial plot and related services.
• Funeral Arrangements: Pre-pay for caskets, urns, flowers, transportation, and specialized services.

Contact Us for Assistance

Phone: 1-812-883-6155

Email: weathersfuneralhome@hotmail.com

Pre-planning your funeral is a loving and responsible decision that brings peace of mind. Our compassionate staff at Weathers Funeral Home is here to help you through every step of the process.

Weathers Funeral Home 

1-812-883-6155

106 S. Shelby St., Salem, IN 47167