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Task: Learn Funeral Prepayment Options
This last task might seem a little long, but we cover a lot of ground about a very important and helpful topic: Paying for your...

Task: Learn How To Plan a Traditional Funeral & Burial
If you’re going the traditional funeral and burial route it requires the most coordination so everything goes according to plan.

How To Plan A Living Funeral
Attend your own funeral while you’re still alive.

“Theme Funerals” Exist And They Can Be A Bit Unusual
Sometimes you can’t help but take your fandom to the grave.

At A Glance: Diagnosed With Serious Illness
Whether it's for yourself or someone you love, let us help you get some important planning out of the way.

How To Gather Important Family Info On Thanksgiving
Time to give thanks for all you have...and do a little recon.

Checklist: Pre-Planning Your Funeral or Memorial Service
Planning your own funeral or memorial service can provide peace-of-mind to you and your family.

Checklist: Plan a Funeral or Memorial Service
When planning a funeral or memorial service, there are many aspect of the service that you can plan and personalize, from...

How To Pre-Plan Your Funeral
Imagine and pre-plan your funeral, even if it's 50 years away, and tell your family what you want.

Be Smart When Pre-Purchasing Your Funeral
It's very thoughtful to pre-arrange your funeral, just be smart when putting money down to pay for it.

Mad Men Makes End-Of-Life Planning Elegant And Personal
Warning: There’s a major character spoiler ahead. Proceed only if you are up-to-date on the show or don’t care about spoilers.

Valuable Planning Lessons From Ali, Bowie, and Celine Dion
Celebrity deaths are often jarring, but careful planning can help soften the impact for fans and family alike.

Green Burial And Green Funeral Options
Environmentally-friendly burials are gaining in popularity and becoming a viable option without interfering with traditions.

How To Pre-Plan Cremation
When a body is cremated, the remains are burned to ash (sometimes called “cremains” or "cremated remains"). The cremated remains...

How To Pre-Plan A Funeral Service
There are three main types of ceremonies to consider when thinking about pre-planning your funeral arrangements: funerals,...

Pre-Planning A Funeral Service
By making these decisions now, your family doesn't have to make them, which can relieve a lot of stress.

How To Pre-Plan A Graveside Service
A graveside service can follow a traditional funeral, can precede a memorial service, or can be a stand-alone event. It's a...

How To Pre-Plan A Memorial Service
If you want to plan a service that takes place after burial or cremation, you'll want to plan a memorial service. Memorial...

Pre-Planning A Home Funeral Service
Home funerals take place at a family home, rather than a cemetery chapel, religious place of worship, or a funeral home.

Before You Pre-Plan Your Funeral Arrangements
By figuring out the basics of what you want for your funeral or memorial service, you can more easily compare funeral homes and...

The Four Types Of Cemetery Plots
If you're planning a burial or planning to bury cremated remains, you have a number of options in terms of the type plot you buy...

Reasons To Plan Your Own Funeral Or Memorial Service
Planning your own funeral or memorial service can provide peace-of-mind to you and your family.

Choosing A Funeral Conductor Or Officiant In Advance
The role of the conductor or officiant is to preside over the funeral or memorial service.

How To Choose Pallbearers For Your Funeral
Pallbearers help to carry or escort the casket at a funeral. Pallbearers are only appropriate if there will be a casket...

Choosing Flowers For Your Funeral Or Memorial Service
Flowers are a common decorative element used in funerals and memorial services and are usually purchased by the family for the...

Choosing Your Clothing For Your Funeral
Whether the casket at your funeral will be open or closed, you may want to choose the clothing you wear for your funeral ...

How To Organize Donations In Your Name
If you are involved in any charity or nonprofit work, or if there are any causes that you strongly support, you might ask people...

Creating A Guest List For Your Funeral
In order to make sure the people most important to you are informed of your death, it can be helpful to your family to create a...

How To Understand Funeral Home Costs
If you are working with a funeral home to plan a funeral or memorial service, the cost of the funeral can be broken down into...

All You Need To Know About Being An Organ Donor
Organ donation is the process of donating certain organs to another person upon your death.

Pre-Purchase Goods And Services from A Funeral Home
Making funeral arrangements for yourself is a way to take some of the logistical and financial stresses off of your family and...
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SCI Acquires Stewart, and Why You Should Care
On May 29, 2013, an event that many in the funeral industry had been anticipating for years finally came to fruition:...
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