There are a lot of benefits to pre-planning your own final services. Your family will know just what you want, for example, and no one has to guess at anything. They can concentrate on being together and mourning your loss instead of planning and stressing over what you might have wanted. If you want to move forward with your own final services, you’ll first have to decide if you want a traditional burial and funeral or cremation in Coral Gables, FL. If you decide to go with cremation, what do you have to do next? Here are a few items to cover:
Consider Surrounding Services
If you want to be cremated, it’s good to think about the services that go around that options as well. Some people don’t want anything else and that’s fine. Others want to leave it up to their family members to decide. If you’d rather have things laid out, think about the options. You could have a funeral first and then go into cremation. Or you could get cremated more directly and plan a memorial service or even just a simple ash scattering for later. Planning those things out gives your family all that much less to worry about when your time comes.
Talk To Your Family
If you are certain you want to be cremated, you will want to talk to your family about it. You can leave your plans with the funeral home you choose to work with, but you should also talk to your family about what you want. That way, when the time comes, your plans don’t come as a surprise to them. It gives them a chance to voice their opinions, give you their thoughts, and get used to the idea as a whole. You can leave your final plans with the funeral home to put into action at the right time, but your close family might want copies as well or at least to hear what you have laid out directly from you.
Possible Payments
Once you lay out your final plans, you have the option of leaving them be or paying for them in advance as well. It’s nice to get that payment out of the way (if you can) for several reasons. First, you get to pay today’s prices instead of whatever the prices will be when you pass (which will undoubtedly be higher). Second, you allow your family to relieve themselves of that financial burden as well.
After you decide on Coral Gables, FL cremation for your future final plans, contact Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory to get the plans all laid out and in order. We know just the questions to ask to give you enough information to make informed decisions. We won’t let you forget any important details. We even have tips on talking to your family about the plans you want to put into place. Give us a call at (305) 631-0001 to set up a consultation with our funeral director at 2546 SW 8th St Miami, FL 33135.
