Pre-arranging and prepaying your funeral has many advantages in the 21st century. It allows you to have the funeral service and memorial that you would like, as well as allowing you to fix the major costs at today’s prices. It also removes the stress of arranging a funeral on your behalf, at a time when your family will be grieving and experiencing great sadness and loss.

Lady Anne Funerals Sydney invest your funds with Funeral Plan Management who ensures your funds are secure and placed in trust to be used when it is needed for the funeral service. Many find this a security in life knowing that arrangements are in place.

The Lady Anne Funerals Sydney Personal Information File will contain all the relevant information for the funeral service and memorialisation. This File is available at the Lady Anne Funerals Sydney Home.

Aspects to be considered

It is useful that personal affairs are in order and we would recommend that periodic attention be given to the following:

A WILL

All aspects of the distributions of assets and the like should be reviewed so as to ensure that your wishes are administered according to your Will.

The Executor on the last Will must be notified immediately. If a Will cannot be located, the next of kin will then take on this role and should seek professional advice before attempting to finalise matters.

LIFE ASSURANCE & OTHER DOCUMENTS

Often these are kept in a safe place and it is a good idea to advise your family of where these are kept, in the event of your death. It is also advisable to keep a record of these with banks and solicitors.

BANK ACCOUNTS

Spouses should be kept informed of current bank accounts.

PRE-PLANNING AND PRE-ARRANGMENT OF FUNERALS

Pre-arranging and prepaying your funeral has many advantages in the 21st century. It allows you to have the funeral service and memorial that you would like, as well as allowing you to fix the major costs at today’s prices. It also removes the stress of arranging a funeral on your behalf, at a time when your family will be grieving and experiencing great sadness and loss.

Lady Anne Funeral Sydney invest your funds with Funeral Plan Management who ensures that your funds are secure and placed in trust to be used when it is needed for the funeral service. Many find this a security in life knowing that arrangements are in place.

Are you aware you can now invest $10,000 towards the cost of your funeral and these funds are not classed as part of your assets.

The Lady Anne Funerals Sydney Personal Information File will contain all the relevant information for the funeral service and memorialisation. This File is available at the Lady Anne Funerals Sydney Home.

When arranging a funeral

When arranging a funeral, aspects that may need to be considered include:

Choice of coffin or caskets:

Coffins are tapered at the head and foot and are wider at the shoulders

Caskets are rectangular in shape

When choosing a Funeral Director, fees should be detailed and documented which may include:

Professional Fees which is the availability of professionally trained staff to

Facilities and Equipment to be made available for use during the funeral service;

Burial OR Cremation

Burial: it involves the buying of a gravesite or crypt, the right to internment and opening and closing fees and maintenance. Lady Anne Funerals Sydney Home can assist with the purchase of these from the cemetery of choice. Costs will vary depending on the cemetery, we recommend you contact at least three cemeteries regarding prices.

Cremation: it involves the cost of cremation, preparing the cremated remains and the hire fee of the chapel. Again, Lady Anne Funerals Sydney staff will be happy to assist you with this process. The crematorium will call you to arrange memorialisation or collection of the cremated remains.

Memorials

This relates to the manner in which the deceased will be remembered and special consideration must be taken. This will be the place where the family and friends will be visiting after the funeral service.

A memorial may reflect the deceased, its peaceful surroundings and/or the cultural and religious identity.

Plaques, headstones or monuments should be considered and cost will depend on the individual budget, burial selection, cremation or crypt, religious considerations or any other special requests. Take the time to telephone three crematoriums to compare sites including location, price and perpetual care.

Lady Anne Funerals Sydney will be able to arrange all of these details for you.

Other aspects to be considered include: