When Someone Dies
When Someone Dies
Funeral Costs
Contributing Factors
- The coffin or casket
- The removal
- Funeral hearse
- Limousine cars
- Professional services: includes embalming and preparation of the deceased
- Making all the necessary arrangements for cremation or burial including guidance, direction and advice
Things To Consider
- In the case of cremation, obtaining and completion of statutory forms by the deceased’s own Doctor, an independent doctor, a Justice of the Peace and the Family
- Use of rest rooms and/or funeral church
- Arranging for the services of clergy/speaker and organist (if using our funeral church) at the funeral service
- Assisting in compiling obituary notices and insertion of same in newspapers on days required and upload onto our website
Other Factors
- Preparing and attending to all necessary documentation
- Making and receiving telephone calls, paying fees on your behalf
- Receiving administering and acknowledging donations
- A fair proportion of the cost associated with insurance, heat and light, vehicles, premises and the provision of staff on call 24/7-365 days per year
The account is normally sent out 2 weeks after the funeral.
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- Arranging the Funeral
- Where the Death Occurred
- Care of the Deceased
- Registering the Death
- Who to Inform
- Location of Service
- Coffins & Cremation Caskets
- Funeral Costs
- Transport
- Floral Tributes
- Order of Service