Planning Ahead
When it comes to your final arrangements, you deserve peace of mind and control. Preplanning your funeral or cremation ensures your wishes are honored and eases the emotional and financial burden on your loved ones.
With our prepaid funeral plans, you can:
- Protect your family from rising funeral costs
- Ensure your exact wishes are carried out
- Make thoughtful decisions in the comfort of your home
Funeral Insurance Cost & Monthly Payment Plans
Our prepaid funeral plans start as low as $133/month. Prepaying now locks in costs, so your family won’t face unexpected expenses later.
You can start your plan online today by filling out our Pre-Arrangement Form. Provide as much information as you’re comfortable with, and we’ll be happy to meet in person or at your home to discuss your options.
10 Reasons to Preplan and Prepay for your Funeral Service with our Funeral Home
We've put together the top 10 reasons why pre-planning your funeral is beneficial not only for you but for your family as well. If you have any questions, feel free to call us.
Clear Guidance
It means there will be fewer opportunities for argument and indecision about your funeral arrangements among family members after you're gone.
Ease Family Burden
Your survivors will never have to worry about doing the wrong thing when finalizing your funeral arrangements. You will have told them exactly what you want.
Plan Thoughtfully
No mistakes and no oversights. After you're gone, everything will be done your way.
Enjoy Peace of Mind
You have peace-of-mind now knowing that we will follow through with your wishes.
Stay in Control
After your death, no one can make any decisions you wouldn't want.
Ensure Accuracy
Funeral pre-planning is the responsible thing to do. It removes the burden from family members.
Face the Future
You can make complex decisions ahead of time when you have the time to think things through.
Protect Finances
Funeral pre-planning can involve pre-payment. This will save your family money and avoid any financial burdens.
Clear Guidance
Funeral pre-planning involves an awareness of the reality of death.
Honor Your Wishes
You are almost guaranteed to get what you want.
Funeral Preplanning Process
Planning should feel comforting, not overwhelming. Our Funeral Preplanning Director, Andrew Linthicum, will guide you every step of the way.
Consider these questions as you plan:
- Am I paying for merchandise, services, or both?
- Am I protected if the funeral home closes?
- Can I cancel or modify my plan later?
- What happens if I move or die away from home?
- Are all costs guaranteed, even if prices rise?
- Are there any expenses that cannot be prepaid?
- Does my contract include a cancellation or “look-back” clause?
Our team will walk you through every option, ensuring your plan meets your wishes and provides comfort for your family.
Why Should I Plan Ahead?
Losing a loved one is hard enough. Add in the many logistical and financial decisions that come with arranging a funeral or memorial service, and it can feel overwhelming and stressful. By planning yours in advance, you can remove these extra burdens from your loved ones during an already difficult time, and allow your family the space to remember, connect, and begin to heal. You also make sure your final wishes are carried out how you want and not decided through someone else’s best guesses.
By making your final arrangements ahead of time, you also save your family an added financial burden. Not only does it eliminate the difficult question of who will pay, preplanning locks in inflation-proof rates for years to come. We also offer flexible payment plans, making advanced planning a more convenient option.
Planning Ahead Let's Your Wishes Be Known
The death of a loved one often brings about unwarranted stress and turmoil among families. One family member wants one thing, while another family member wants something different.
By planning ahead, you help prevent those disagreements by letting your family know what your wishes are and how you want your funeral service to be carried out and your business handled.
Planning Ahead Offers Peace of Mind
Our staff will carry out the arrangements you want, just as you directed. Once the plans have been arranged, you and your family can rest easy knowing at the time of death, those uncomfortable decisions have been made. In a time when a family should be able to grieve, preplanning allows for that to happen.
Planning Ahead Offers Flexible Funding Options
When you preplan your funeral arrangements, there are more options when it comes to funding the funeral. A preneed insurance policy, life insurance policy or other payment options can all be arranged before the time of death. At the time of death, services must be paid in full, so having options ahead of time can also reduce other stress related to losing someone.
Planning Ahead Relieves the Burden From Family
Following the death of a loved one, there are more than 150 decisions that have to be made within the first day or two following the death. Those stressful decisions on top of the stress of grieving a loss can be eliminated by arranging your final wishes ahead of time. If those decisions are made, your loved ones aren’t left wondering what you would have wanted and how they should proceed with funeral plans. With those decisions out of the way, your loved one can begin the healing process sooner.
Common Questions about Preplanning
What steps are involved in prearranging a funeral?
The first step would be to write down your wishes. Indicate if you would prefer burial or cremation. Write down your ideas for the service you would like, cemetery choice, etc. If you've made those choices, or even if you're unsure, schedule a time to meet with one of our funeral directors who can explain the different service options, merchandise choices, as well as the different ways to pay for the funeral.
What information do I need to prearrange a funeral?
You'll need basic information about yourself or the person you are planning for, such as date of birth, marital status, parent's full names, etc. Besides the biological information, you'll need to choose burial or cremation, what type of service you'd like, what cemetery to use, etc. Our caring staff will help you with this process.
Do I have to pay in advance?
Preplanning is merely making your wishes known; however, most families who do this also choose to pre-fund their funeral. Doing so will relieve the financial burden on your family and offer peace of mind to you.