Online Pre-Planning Guide

Online Pre-Planning Guide

Our Pre-arrangement Guide walks you through the various items that may need consideration during the pre-arranging process and provides valuable information to help you make informed decisions.


The form presents a set of specific questions to consider, such as deciding the responsible parties involved in decision making, as well as some of the costs entailed in the process. It also presents some information that shows how pre-arranging can help provide you peace of mind, as well as, save you money.


NOTE: This Pre-arrangement Guide is intended merely as a worksheet which presents items which you will need to consider during the pre-arranging process - no values or preferences indicated on this form will be submitted or recorded in any way.


Questions You Should Ask Yourself:

Have I ever been responsible for making funeral arrangements?

  • Yes
  • No

I would expect my funeral to Cost ___

  • Today
  • 5 Years
  • 10 Years

In the event of my death, who would be responsible for making the arrangements?

  • My spouse
  • My son or daughter
  • More than one of my children
  • A good friend or neighbor
  • One or both of my parents
  • I'm not sure

The funeral I want would include:

  • A copper or bronze casket
  • A hardwood casket
  • A steel casket
  • Cremation with a memorial service
  • Visitation for friends and relatives
  • A traditional service or a personalized remembrance
  • I'm not sure

The money needed to pay for my funeral would come from:

  • My life insurance
  •  My savings
  •  My family's savings
  •  A bank loan taken out by my spouse or family
  •  I'm not sure

If my death occurred tomorrow, what I would regret most regarding my final arrangements would be:

  • The emotional burden it would place on my survivors
  • No one would know what I wanted for myself or for my loved ones
  • The financial strain it would cause my survivors
  • The possibility of emotional overspending
  • The potential for disagreements among by survivors over what to do
  • That I had not taken care of it myself ahead of time

Pre-Planning gives you Peace of Mind and saves you money...

Most families we serve are comforted by the knowledge that their loved ones will be spared the hardship of making decisions at such a difficult and sensitive time. In addition, pre-arranging allows for pre-financing. Since funeral costs are subject to escalating inflation, pre-arranging can save you a considerable amount by freezing funeral expenses at today's prices. Further, preplanning will:


  1. Relieve emotion burden from loved ones
  2. Express your own wishes
  3. Relieve a financial burden from those you love
  4. Allow you to make decisions at your own pace without emotional stress
  5. Enable a family to share their choices and decide together

Ask us how you can safeguard your estate and protect your assets through pre-arranging. We'll be happy to discuss the details with you.


The Choice is Yours

  • You can make these decisions before a death occurs
  • You can wait until a life altering event forces you to make them

View our planning situations

If Death Has Not Occured

Advanced Planning

If Death Has Occured

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