Planning for Death

One of the greatest gifts you can leave your friends and family after you pass away are clear wishes on what to do for your funeral and an estate that is well organized. This avoids any conflict and bickering between family and friends and allows them to focus on mourning your passing and recovery from the loss.  Bridge Beyond provides you easy guidelines to ensure this happens.

	Final Wishes Planner Relieve the burden on your family of searching for information after your death by filling out this useful planner.
	Putting Your Affairs in Order Items to take care of to ensure your affairs are in order.
	Funeral Pre Planning Things to consider as you plan your own funeral.
	Legal and Financial Planning Addressing legal and financial issues associated with dying is important for several reasons.
	Burial One of the main decisions is whether your loved one will be cremated or buried. Perhaps, they have already decided this in a statement or will.
	Memorial Services A "memorial" service is typically a remembrance service of your loved one that has passed. It is without the body and as such, is sometimes more convenient as timing can be delayed to meet the convenience or needs of the family.
	Funeral Homes Planning a funeral that needs to take place in a matter of days is not the time to try "shopping around."  Know in advance what funeral home you want to help you through one of the most difficult times in our lives - planning the funeral of a loved one.
	Obituaries Tips on what to write and where you might want to have it publicized
	Donations in Memory Many people are preferring to donate to a charity in lieu of gifts or flowers. This might be a charity or non profit that you are passionate about or perhaps related to a condition you or a loved one that the loved one supported or could be a charity related to the loved ones condition.
	Organ Donation Often when someone dies, there is an opportunity to save someone else's life by making a body or artificial body part donation. Many bereaved families take comfort in the knowledge that the death of their loved one has helped others to live.
	Memorial Music The use of music in funeral services dates back to ancient times when chanting was performed to pacify lurking evil spirits. Later, dark funeral dirges were played as processions carried the dead to their final resting place.
	Funeral Flowers The use of flowers in funeral traditions vary for each culture and faith.