We believe that pre-need funeral arrangements allow people to think through the steps that need to be taken when death occurs. It gives people an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the options that are available and to make intelligent choices that can be agreed upon between spouses, children, and singles and their executors. Preneed arrangements do not necessarily mean prepayment but rather to find out what costs are involved and make allowance for those costs.

As death is an unwelcome visitor that comes indiscriminately, it is good to be able to deal with the fact of death if it took place today or many years in the future.

What is most important in these sensitive matters is to have an understanding of what is required by statute and custom and match that with what is desired and meaningful for the family. This requires thoughtful reflection. One of the important aspects to remember in these arrangements is that there is a pecking order of importance beginning with the spouse, oldest child, and executor, etc.

The executor is the one that we select in our will to act in our place at the time of our death. We give to this person all the rights and responsibilities we ourselves would have and expect that they will both understand our wishes and carry them out. We realize that circumstances could change dramatically and that this might impact on preneed understandings but we expect that the executor will always act in our best interests. All others will want to conform to the wishes of those mentioned above in the normal course of events.