Preplanning Checklist

Ways to Plan Ahead:

General

• Gather personal information for your obituary.

• Choose a charity to direct donations to, if desired.

• Choose a funeral home.

• Make note of any instructions for your services and final disposition.

Funeral Service

• Choose burial or cremation.

• Select a casket or cremation container.

• Choose locations and types of services.

• Choose floral arrangements.

• Select which photographs and memorabilia you’d like to display.

• Consider any customs, traditions, or religious rites that are
  important to you and your family.

• Choose the clothing you’d like to be dressed in.

• Select music and hymns, if desired.

• Choose a theme for decorations and stationery at your services.

• Arrange transportation for your physical remains and your family.

Participants

• Choose a clergy member or officiator to preside over the service.

• Select any musicians whose talents you’d like to employ.

• Select pallbearers.

• Choose friends or family members to perform the eulogy,
  read scripture, or prepare a speech.

Final Disposition

• Choose a cemetery.

• Select a burial plot or mausoleum.

• Select a memorial or grave marker and inscription.

• Decide who will keep your urn.

• Decide who will scatter your ashes and where.