Preplanning Your Funeral
Funeral preplanning is among the cremation services offered in Tallahassee, FL. As cremations become a more popular method of final disposition in the United States, the desire to preplanning funerals has also gained momentum among Americans.
If you don’t think you need to preplan your funeral, then think about the other momentous events in your life. Would you want just a few days to plan your wedding or the birth of your children? Of course not.
Yet, if you don’t preplan your funeral, then that is exactly the scenario you will leave your family with. With over 500 decisions that need to be made about funeral arrangements, a few days is hardly enough time to give a funeral the care and attention it deserves.
You can prevent your family from being put in this stressful position while they are grieving over losing you to death by planning your funeral in advance while you are still alive.
By preplanning your funeral, you can also make sure that your desires and wishes for your funeral are honored. If you want to be cremated and your family doesn’t know that you want to be cremated, then your wishes will not be honored and your desires for your funeral will not be met.
To begin preplanning your funeral, sit down and write out what you want done after you die. If you want to be cremated, then specify that in your instructions. You can specify whether you want a direct cremation – cremation with no services beforehand – or you want an indirect cremation (services held before you are cremated).
If you want to have a service before or after you are cremated, write down the details of what you want included in the service. Specify what readings you would like to have read and who you want to read them. Specify whether you want eulogies given and who you want to give them.
Specify what kind of spiritual comfort you want to be included. Think about what you want to leave of your faith and beliefs with your family and other mourners. Include scriptures that have special meaning to you. Designate the clergy member that you want to do this part of the service.
Next, pick out the music you want played at your service. If you want songs performed live by vocalists or instrumentalists, then specify those songs and who should perform them. If you want recorded songs played, then include their titles and the artists.
Record any final words of wisdom or advice you want to leave with your family and those who’ve gathered to mourn your passing before the service ends.
Once you’ve got these instructions written down, then schedule an appointment with your funeral home director and leave a copy of your instructions with them. The funeral home director will create a folder where your wishes will be stored. If you have a funeral insurance policy, you can also leave the pertinent information about the policy to be placed in your folder by the funeral director.
Preplanning your funeral is a way to reduce extra stress for your family when you die. Make sure to discuss your funeral plans with them and give the person who will oversee your final affairs a copy of your funeral instructions.
For more information about funeral preplanning and cremation services offered in Tallahassee, FL, including grief resources, our caring and knowledgeable staff at Lifesong Funerals & Cremations is here to assist you. You can visit our funeral home at 20 S. Duval St., Quincy, FL 32351, or you can call us today at (850) 627-1111.
