An increasing number of individuals are planning their own funerals, designation funeral preferences and arrangements, as well as even paying in advance. Pre-planning your service can provide peace of mind to both you and your family, knowing all your affairs are in order.
Our Pre-planning Funeral Specialists are available to discuss your options and funeral preferences. While it may feel uncomfortable at first, there are many advantages to pre-planning your funeral:
Financial. You're able to lock in today's prices on different products and services that will likely be more expensive in the future. Additionally, you can curb any emotional overspending loved ones may do in your honor by making arrangements ahead of time.
Make informed choices. Pre-planning your funeral or cremation service allows you to take a step back and evaluate which choices are the most practical for you and your loved ones. Important decisions are better made when they are not influenced by extreme emotion.
Eliminate guesswork. Planning funeral or cremation services after the passing of a loved one is difficult enough without the added burden of having to make difficult decisions in their name. With your preferences already selected, you'll help alleviate any uncertainty about your wishes.
Personalize your service. Celebrate your life your way with personal touches that are important to you, including songs, readings, and any other details you may wish to specify.
When you preplan, you do not need to pay for everything in advance—your estate can pay for the services at the rates being charged when your funeral is held. When your plan is complete, the funeral director will keep it on file until it is needed. However, if you prepay at the time you make your pre-arrangements, you can lock in today’s prices for funeral-related products and services. We offer several affordable payment and investment options which we will be happy to discuss with you to help you make a decision that best suits your needs.
Typically, 100% of the money you pre-pay will be used for your interment/inurnment. Once we receive preplan money from you, we deposit all of it into a type of policy where it cannot be released to us until after the funeral you have chosen has been provided for you.
A Permanent and Irrevocable Insurance policy is most commonly purchased by someone who eventually might need care in excess of his or her assets. Once purchased, it can be used for burial purposes only. This policy can be started for $500.00 and may be added to at any time. There is interest on this policy but a 1099 will not be received at the end of the year as this account is not taxable.
Once you pre-pay for a site on our property, the terms both parties agree to are permanently in effect. For other types of services, the cemetery cannot guarantee that the fund of money established by the purchaser will be sufficient to purchase those services. However, the interest earned by a fully funded account should offset any reasonable price increase.
Because your money is held in a certified trust governed by state law it will always be there for you, even if our business were to be purchased or go out of business.