What's Involved in Funeral Planning?

Planning for the end of life can be a daunting task. Be it the departing of a loved one or your own personal plans, it’s a ceremony that involves a lot of people and proceedings. There are legacy considerations, legal obligations, religious rites and planning a proper farewell. With proper care and planning you can make the most of your days and let everyone know what your final wishes are. In recent times typical funerals are instead being done as a ceremonious celebration of one’s life. 

Planning a funeral has several aspects to it. You need to gather the family and loved ones for a meeting and present them with the news. Then plan the ceremony step by step, taking into consideration everyone’s input and delegate work accordingly. You need to make an assessment of the personal preferences and choices of the departed.

Preferred modes of cremation and/or burial are to be selected as well. Apart from funeral urns and caskets, today we also have keepsake artifacts and jewelry that lets you keep a part of your loved one’s ashes. Elaborate grave marking and headstone services are available that allow for customized places of final rest.

Once you have an idea of all the steps involved in the ceremony, it is important to make an estimate of the cost. You should account for things like refreshments for the guests, music requests of the deceased or any other personal ceremonies requested, proper facilities for making speeches and eulogies and costs of proper burial. You might consider simplifying your ceremonies if the costs exceed your budget. There is no harm in toning down some of the superficial details as long as it’s a proper farewell. 

Today there are many professional funeral planning services and forums available. They present a wide range of packages to choose from. They plan your every step of the funeral for you including taking care of cremation. However, in order to utilize their services, you need to be the one to make the first call.

Everyone should plan for their end of life. Bidding a proper farewell to the world is as important as celebrating life. 

Thanks for reading,

Karen