How to Leave Solutions, Not Problems

• If something were to happen to you today, would your family know what to do ?

• Would final arrangements be exactly as you wish ?

• Would your family have a definite plan to give them help and guidance ?

• Would funds be immediately available for final expenses without using the family savings ?

When a person dies ...

  Someone has to provide the vital statistics and historical information.

   Someone has to select arrangements and pay for the funeral.

   Someone must select and pay for the final resting place.

   In fact, if something happened to you last evening, these are some of the decisions that must be made now :

• Select the casket

• Choose the pallbearers

• Select the cemetery plot

• Prepare the death certificate

• Arrange for the service

• Complete the Social Security papers

• Decide on the type of burial

• Select the cemetery memorial

• Arrange for transportation

• Display floral tributes

• Choose clothing and jewelry

• Answer telephone calls

• Select the music

• File necessary papers

• Notify newspapers

• Contact insurance agencies

• Notify union and fraternal organizations.