DECISIONS CHECKLIST

Making cemetery and funeral arrangements for the loss of a loved one requires a number of decisions. 

• CHOOSING A FUNERAL HOME
• EMBALMING
• CLERGY
• WHO TO CONTACT
• TYPE OF SERVICE
• TYPE OF CASKET OR URN
• OPEN CASKET OR CLOSED
• TYPE OF VAULT
• GUEST BOOK AND THANK YOU CARDS
• OBITUARY
• FLOWERS
• HAIRDRESSER
• CLOTHING FOR THE DECEDENT
• JEWELRY
• CHOOSING A CEMETERY
• CHOOSING A MAUSOLEUM CRYPT, BURIAL SPACE, OR NICHE
• HOW TO PAY; WHEN TO PAY
• PALL BEARERS
• MUSIC FOR SERVICE; RECORDED, SINGERS, ORGANIST
• TIME OF FUNERAL
• TIME OF VISITATION
• TIME OF RECEPTION OR WAKE
• PERSONALIZATION
• FAMILY AND FRIENDS ACCOMMODATIONS
• FOOD
• PROCESSION
• CEMETERY MEMORIALIZATION