Planning ahead means celebrating your life, your way - and saying goodbye on your own terms.
Creating the time to look back on your experiences and the moments that tell your story, and designing a farewell that reflects you.
When you meet with one of our specialists to discuss your plan, these are some of the questions we will discuss.
Let’s start with the event
- Where would you like your funeral to be held?
- Who should speak at the funeral?
- Is there a clergyperson or celebrant you would like to conduct the funeral?
- What music would you like played?
- Are there any verses or readings you would like read?
- Are there any photos or films you would like shown?
- Are there any rituals or cultural practices you would like observed?
- Which flowers or colours do you like?
- What food and drink would you like served afterwards?
- Would you like a newspaper announcement of your death and/or funeral?
- Who would you like to take care of the final details when the time comes?
Let’s think about memorialisation
- Would you prefer to be buried or cremated?
- Do you have any preferences for the style of coffin or casket?
- Do you already know what clothes or jewellery you’d like to be dressed in?
- Do you already have a burial plot in a cemetery or a place for your ashes in a memorial park?
- If so, where?
- If not, where would you like to be buried or have your ashes placed?
- What would you like your headstone or plaque to say?
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