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by Homesteaders
Life Company
Vital Statistics
- Full name and complete address
- How long at current/former residence(s)
- Occupation, job title, nature of work, and history
- Location of workplace
- Social security number
- Veteran's serial number
- Date and place of service, date of discharge
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Family origin
- Father's name
- Mother's maiden name
- Educational attainment
Pay Some or All of the Following Bills
- Estate/inheritance taxes
- Funeral expenses
- Cemetery plot and opening
and closing costs
- Monument and engraving charges
- Clergy
- Organist and vocalist
- Florist
- Obituary
- Clothing/dry cleaning
- Transportation
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Medical practioners
- Ambulance
- Hospital/nursing home
- Medications and drugs
- Current and urgent bills (mortgage, rent, taxes, installment payments,
etc.)
Paperwork and Documents to Collect
- Will
- Birth certificate
- Social security card
- Marriage license
- Military discharge
- Insurance policies (life, health, accident, property, auto)
- Bank books
- Stocks and bonds
- Property deed
- Cemetery deed
- Auto titles
- Tax returns, receipts, and cancelled checks
Decisions to Make within a Few Hours
- Exact location of burial/disposition
- Location of service
- Casket
- Outer burial container
- Items for memento display
- Clothing and jewelry for deceased
- Service type (religious, fraternal, military)
- Selection of scripture and readings (poems, etc.)
- Clergy to officiate
- Funeral director preference
- Time for visitation and service
- Register book, memorial/prayer cards
- Casketbearers
- Floral arrangements
- Music selections
- Transportation for family and guests, including funeral procession
lineup
- Reviewing and signing all paperwork
- Answering innumerable phone calls, messages, and letters
- Necessary meetings with funeral
director, lawyer, clergy, cemetery, etc.
- Arrange transportation and lodging for out of town guests
- Acknowledging those who help in a special way (contribution of flowers,
food, etc.)
- Funeral service details and consideration
People to Notify as Soon as Possible
- All relatives
- All friends
- Minister and church
- The funeral home
- Cemetery
- Doctor
- Employer of deceased
- Employers of relatives
- Casketbearers
- Organist, other musicians and vocalists
- Newspapers
- Social Security Administration
- Veterans Administration
- Insurance agents
- Religious, fraternal, and civic organizations and unions
- Attorney, accountant, and executor
- Credit card companies
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