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What To Bring To The Funeral Home

August 24, 2020 • Teri Vila-Caballero

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When you have to go to a funeral homes in Miami Beach, FL to plan a funeral for a family member who passed away, it is worth your time and effort to prepare some things in advance so you don’t have to make more trips later. Funeral home representatives understand that you are grieving and very emotional during this time. It can be hard to figure out what you need to do and when because you might feel like you are in a fog. Use this list to help yourself get what you need together so you can take it all in one trip.

Photo Of Loved One

One of the things you will work on alongside the funeral home is your loved one’s obituary. They can help you put that together and they will place it on their website as well as in any newspaper you want. Having a photo is a nice thing to go along with the obituary. It’s best to make the photo of just your loved one and try to find one that’s semi-recent.

Clothing Items To Wear

As soon as you know what you want your loved one to wear for their funeral, visitation, and burial, you can bring those clothes as well. That might include the outfit, shoes, glasses, jewelry or anything else. Keep in mind that they can wear certain special things, like a wedding ring, to the funeral and visitation, but it can also be removed later in order for your family to keep it.

The Death Certificate

One of the most important documents you will need to present to the funeral home is the death certificate. You will need lots of copies of this official document in order to get things moving on lots of different fronts. IF you don’t know how to get copies, the funeral home can help you out with instructions.

funeral homes in Miami Beach, FLAny Service Requirements

If there are certain things you want for the service and you already know that, bring those requirements and ideas along with you. Perhaps family has suggested certain things or you want certain flowers. Whatever it is that you want, bring a list and it will be easier for you to remember everything that people in your family have asked to have.

There are plenty of other things you might want to take to the funeral homes in Miami Beach, FL when you are working on final services for a loved one. Give Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory a call and we can provide you with a list so you can get everything together and not have to make more trips for one or two little things. We want you to make the process as simple and easy as possible and we will help you figure out what to do in order to streamline the process. This process won’t be easy, but with the right support and compassion, you can get through this hard time and honor your loved one.

Teri Vila-Caballero

Teri Vila-Caballero

Teri Vila-Caballero is the Pre Need Director at Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory. She joined the team in 2012 to fulfill her calling to serve our community.

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