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Your loved ones:
Social Security
Number
Mother’s Maiden Name
Father’s Name
Place
of Birth
Clothes including undergarments and shoes
(optional)
Jewelry (optional)
Picture for the
obituary and/or Memorial Cards
Discharge Papers,
DD-214 (If a Veteran)
Insurance Paperwork
Things to Consider Before the Service:
*Make a list of family, friends and business colleagues
to contact
*Determine how many copies of the death
certificates you will need
*Gather obituary
information. We will organize/write it in the obituary
format
*Consider who will serve as pall bearers and
notify them
*Select a charity of choice for memorial
donations to be given: church, hospice, charity, library
*Choose special readings, poems, biblical passages
and/or music
*Choose speakers to read a special poem
or passage
*Find the Will
*Choose the Clergy
Things to Consider After the Service:
*Cancel Credit Cards
*Close Accounts with Deceased’s
name on them
*Contact Social Security…..The Funeral
Home will make the initial contact
*Contact Clerk of
Courts
*Change Vehicle Title
*Check Insurance
Policies
*Check Safe Deposit Box
*Inquire About
Savings Bonds, Stocks and Retirement Accounts
If The Deceased Lived Alone:
*Cancel
Cable, Power, Telephone, Newspaper, Water, Post Office,
Ect.
*Change Mailing Address
*Put House Lights on
a Timer
We have several brochures to help
families before and after a death. If you would like,
please contact us to send you one or more of the
following:
- Coping With the Holidays
- Answers to a Child’s Questions about Death
- Pre-Planning, Personal Profile Guide
- Cremation Overview
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