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When Death Occurs








































         When Somebody You Love Becomes A Memory, That Memory Becomes A Treasure.




             DEATH IN A HEALTH CARE FACILITY                    UNEXPECTED DEATH AT HOME
        When death occurs at a hospital or nursing home, the  In these situations, immediately call 911. The police and
        medical staff should take care of all necessary legal steps.  emergency  personnel  will  then  respond  and  determine
        Inform the medical staff of your decision to have our fu-  the  appropriate  steps  to  be  taken.  Emergency  person-
        neral home care for final arrangements. They will prepare  nel will notify the physician or county coroner to secure
        any necessary release documents for your authorization  the release of the individual to the funeral home. Inform
        as next of kin. The medical staff will typically offer to notify  emergency personnel of your decision to have us care for
        our funeral home on your behalf. We respond to the hos-  arrangements and they will notify the funeral home to re-
        pital or nursing home upon receiving notification of death.  spond at the proper time.


                ANTICIPATED DEATH AT HOME                          DEATH AWAY FROM HOME
        Today more people with terminal illnesses are electing to  If death occurs outside of our local area, you should first
        spend their final days at home under the care of hospice.  call us. We will coordinate with a local funeral director at
        Notify the hospice staff of your decision to have our fu-  the place of death. As a member of the largest nation-
        neral home care for arrangements. When death occurs,  al association for funeral directors, we can typically save
        the hospice nurse on duty should be notified first of the  families time and resources by having our firm make the
        death. They will direct the funeral home to the residence  transportation arrangements.
        at the appropriate time.


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