Pre-Arrangement

During our lives we plan for many situations: education, having a family, vacations, weddings and especially our retirement. However, many of us neglect to plan our funeral as it is a realization of our own mortality. We purchase insurance to help us in case of accident, earthquake, fire and flood. We should also consider the preplanning of our funeral service as it not only lets our survivors know our wishes, but it will also lessen the inevitable stress that can accompany funeral arrangements.

Remember, it costs nothing to plan ahead.  Once you do, you will enjoy peace of mind knowing you have done everything possible today, to make it easier for your family in the future.

The benefits of advance funeral planning...

• You can make rational and logical decisions at an unemotional time.
• You can obtain peace of mind by making your wishes known and assuring that they will be carried out as specified.
• Your funeral will not be a financial or emotional burden on your family.
• Your prepaid services can serve as a tax shelter.

The benefits of pre-funding funeral services...

• The funeral costs are guaranteed at today's prices, eliminating inflation.
• The payment can be made in a single payment or monthly installments may be possible.
• Funding is held in trust and the growth is tax sheltered.
• Deposits are insured.
• Funding is cancelable or transferable at any time.
• The funds are still protected, in the event that the selected funeral home is no longer in business, and can be assigned to any other funeral home.

The complete funeral arrangements can be made at a funeral chapel or in the comfort of your own home.

The easy step of making funeral pre-arrangements . . .

• Recording personal information required for Vital Statistics.
• Making service choices such as visitation, reception, committal, funeral or memorial services. Disposition and memorializing  needs to be decided -  burial, cremation, entombment, etc. Also specific service details such as music selections, participants (family and/or friends) and anything which should be done to create a meaningful personalized service.
• Making specific selections such as a casket or cremation container, an urn, a burial or urn vault, and a monument or memorial marker.
• Arranging a payment plan that will guarantee the costs against inflation. This can be a one time payment in full or may be set up as monthly payments.

With our Compliments

To help families with the difficult task of gathering the necessary information which documents your personal and estate affairs, we have prepared an ESTATE GUIDE booklet.  It is available free of charge to help families organize this information before the need arises.

For information on our Pre-Arrangement Services, or to receive your complimentary ESTATE GUIDE Booklet, please contact Springfield Funeral Home at 250.860.7077.

If you would like to request a copy of the Estate Guide Booklet online please click here.