The best time to begin making your prearrangements is now, while you're thinking about it. While some people in their 40's and 50's may think it's too early to preplan, people who do say that prearranging their funerals is smart financial planning and gives them added peace of mind knowing they aren't leaving this burden to family members. By taking time now to collect cost information and calmly making choices related to your own funeral arrangements, you'll be protecting your family against the stress of having to make these decisions at a time of extreme emotional stress. This way you can carefully choose specific items you want and need ... and pay for them now. Prepaid Investments through funeral homes allows families to fund their funerals in advance through different investment vehicles.

Today, more individuals and families are making the decision to prearrange their funerals than ever before. Because of the factors such as inflation, fewer extended family members living close by, and other changes in our society, planning your own funeral can make a lot of sense. In a recent survey, these were the most common reasons people gave for prearranging their own funerals:

1. Lets your wishes be known.
2. Reduces stress for friends and family at an already emotional time.
3. Saves money
4. Guarantees your family will never have to pay more for your funeral - no matter what happens with inflation.
5. Shows you care.
6. Relieves your loved ones of the financial responsibility.

Prearrangement Options

There are a growing number of options available to the public today when seeking to preplan and prepay their final wishes. We can tailor a plan that is right for you. From single pay plans to automatic monthly bank withdrawals designed to meet anyone's budget concerns, our staff would be pleased to outline the choices available.

Prepaying can protect you and your family from future inflationary trends while providing the peace of mind in knowing they will be cared for after you are gone. Below you will find more detailed explanations of the plans that we have available. If you would like to request an appointment after you have reviewed this information, we would be pleased to have one of our staff go over any additional questions you might have.

We believe that preneed funeral arrangements allow people to think through the steps that need to be taken when death occurs. It gives people an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the options that are available and to make intelligent choices that can be agreed upon between spouses, children, and singles and their executors. Preneed arrangements do not necessarily mean prepayment but rather to find out what costs are involved and make allowance for those costs.

As death is an unwelcome visitor that comes indiscriminately, it is good to be able to deal with the fact of death if it took place today or many years in the future.

What is most important in these sensitive matters is to have an understanding of what is required by statute and custom and match that with what is desired and meaningful for the family. This requires thoughtful reflection. One important aspect to remember in these arrangements is that there is a pecking order of importance beginning with the executor, spouse, oldest child, etc.

The executor is the one that we select in our will to act in our place at the time of our death. We give to this person all the rights and responsibilities we ourselves would have and expect that they will both understand our wishes and carry them out. We realize that circumstances could change dramatically and that this might impact on preneed understandings but we expect that the executor will always act in our best interests. All others will want to conform to the wishes of those mentioned above in the normal course of events.