• Providing vital statistics about the deceased for the obituary
• Providing addressed for all interested people who must be notified
• Answering innumerable sympathetic phone calls, messages and letters
• Meeting and talking with everyone about the details
• Greeting all friends and relatives who call
• Providing lodging for out of town guests
• Preparing you home for guests
• Planning the funeral car list

• Burial Space
• Casket
• Burial Vault or Liner
• Memorial Funeral Homes and Crematory
• Clothing
• Memorials
• Flowers
• Music
• Scripture readings and Poems
• Food
• Time
• Place
• Transportation
• Cards of Thanks

• Doctor
• Nursing Home
• Funeral Costs
• Interment Service
• Organist/Soloist
• Transportation
• Florist
• Reception
• Memorial Marker or Monument
• Hospital
• Medicine and Drugs
• Cemetery
• Clergy
• Clothing

At the time of grief, this list will seem endless to your survivors. By preplanning, you eliminate most of these and ease the burden for your family.