Over the years, people has become comfortable with the trend of pre-planning their funeral. There are numerous advantages of planning a funeral early. It is not only a wise thing to do but helps the family comfort. According to the Michael Scarpaci, the manager at Scarpaci Funeral Home in Staten Island and Brooklyn, pre-planning a funeral makes it easy on your family and helps them understand how you want your funeral to be. Here are a few tips by the expert about the process of pre-planning the funeral:
- Ease the burden on your family:- Keeping wishes unknown while you die is quite a burden on your family. It can make the decisions extremely difficult to take. From deciding if you want to be cremated or buried, to deciding to agree on the open and closed casket, pre-planning the funeral will make sure there is no confusion for the family. All the disagreement can be left behind by pre-planning your funeral.
- Assume the financial responsibility for the funeral:- One thing that put the unexpected burden on the family is the financial costs of the funerals. The funerals are costly affairs. Thus, pre-planning the funeral and leaving the amount behind for the funeral can help your family cover the costs and stay afloat while they grieve.
- Benefit of a meaningful funeral:- One of the most important affairs for any family is funeral. They give their deceased loved one an adieu. The funeral also gives a family closure and helps them heal. A meaningful funeral can help the family socially and emotionally as they can give the loved one a proper send off. This becomes quite difficult when the funeral has to be planned immediately.
- Your final wishes would be followed:- Along with the abovementioned benefis, a pre-planned funeral makes sure that your funeral is exactly how you want it. Whether you want a burial or particular epitaph written on your gravestone, everything would be done by the funeral house director and your family wouldn’t have the burden of selecting the funeral things for their loved one.
