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Today Is Not Too Early To Get A Memorial Plan

Planning a memorial on the death of a loved one is not easy. One wants everything to be perfect; yet for a grief-stricken family-member it is not a very easy job to do. There are so many things to do and arrange. Moreover, with each member putting in different ideas, and the organizers trying to honor all of them, an event, which should have been solemn and nice, often becomes a chaotic affair. It causes a lot of heartache for the living at least.

All these can be avoided, if you get a memorial plan while you are still living. Let us first go through the advantages such a plan can offer:
• Everything will be carried on according to the plan. Whatever the deceased wanted will get precedent over what his or family members want and so there will be no scope for disagreement and chaos.
• It will give the family members the satisfaction of knowing that they have been able to give the departed the kind of send off he or she really wanted.
• They will not have to bother about every detail at the time of their grief.
• The cost of the funeral will be locked up at today’s level.

Making memorial plans has become as important as planning for retirement or saving for one’s kids. Many people do set out to make proper funeral and memorial plans after a certain age. They will do it mainly for two reasons – to spare their loved ones the trouble of organizing one and to make sure their specific wishes are followed. How early is best to get a memorial plan – really depends on each individual. Some people do not like to think of the eventuality of death and could keep putting it off to a later date. More organized people or those who have specific wishes they want carried out will do so earlier.

However, you should have proper idea about all the steps involved so that you can actually plan everything in details. The director of the funeral home will be able to give you elaborate idea about them; but in short, the three most important steps are:
• visitation, which is also known as viewing/ wake/ calling hours
• the funeral
• the burial or cremation, whatever you choose
• memorial service

Generally, the visitation takes place one two evening before the funeral. However, where the deceased person is elderly, it may actually take place in the same day just before funeral so that his/her elderly friends and relatives can attend both. For the visitation, the embalmed body, dressed in best clothes, is put in a casket. The family may choose to display photographs of the deceased during his/her lifetime as well as some of his prized possession. Such a service is generally held in the funeral home and the visitors are generally required to sign an attendance book kept by the relatives.

The visitation is actually a celebration of a life that was rather than mourning the death of the departed. That is why pictures, videos as well as mementos of the ‘happier time’ are generally displayed at the site. The funeral on the other hand is a religious service and it is generally officiated by a clergy. It may take place in the funeral home or in the church. In some quarters, it is also known as the memorial service, but there is a technical difference.

Anyway, the next step is the funeral service. Such a service is held either in the funeral home, but more commonly at the church in the presence of the body. The deceased is usually transported from the funeral home to the church in a hearse along a procession called a funeral cortege. The actual funeral service generally includes prayer, readings from a sacred text, singing of hymns and finally words of comfort by the clergy. Reading of eulogy by somebody close too is a common practice.

After the funeral, the body is taken for burial or cremation, as has been chosen by you. Indeed, having a memorial plan gives you the option to choose what you exactly want. It also allows you to plan everything in detail. For example if you want to be buried, memorial plan will allow you to choose your burial site; if you want your body to be cremated, it will allow you to choose how you want the final remains to be disposed of. Then, if you want some specific songs to be sung, passages to be read out or even some specific flowers, mention that as well. Most of all, be organized. Talk to the directors of different funeral homes, go thorough different plans and scrutinize each. Talk to your lawyer too. Finally, talk to your family and give proper attention to their sentiments as well. That too should count.

Article by Dunbar Winston of FuneralesReforma, who is a specialist in hispanic estate planning. For more information on funeraria Guatemala and contratos funerarios, visit his site today.

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