Plan Your Funeral List

Traditionally people are very reluctant to think about their own funeral. This is perfectly understandable as none of us like to consider our own mortality. However, the result of this is that when the inevitable does happen, family and friends are often left guessing. At a time when they may be dealing with grief as well as the legal issues surrounding the bereavement, relatives are also trying to devise funeral arrangements which they hope are what you would have wanted. Decisions may be made in a rush and regretted later. We have known situations when the family arranging the funeral did not know if the deceased would have preferred burial or cremation.

In our experience more and more people are starting to think about what they would like to happen at their funeral. In particular, where people prefer to be cremated, more and more people are thinking about what they would like to happen to their cremated remains afterwards; and there is now a huge range of possibilities. However, too often these thoughts are not shared with families and so cannot be put into action. Funerals are not only for the person who has died, but also for the ones left behind. Planning your funeral with your family at a time when you are fit and healthy can be a good way of bringing a family together and getting people talking. It can be quite surprising what you find out about someone that you didn’t know before. It also means that when the time does come, your family can find some comfort in the fact that they know they are giving you the send off you wanted.