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From there the coroner/medical examiner when you are in a heightened
will take the body and determine whether emotional state, but, funeral home
further action is necessary. The coroner/ staff have years of experience dealing
medical examiner must release the body with these issues, and strive to
before a funeral home can do anything. ensure everything goes as smoothly
If the person was under hospice care, as possible.
contact the hospice representative if they
were not present and they will notify family Making arrangements
members what the proper procedures are First the funeral director will gather
to follow. information required for the death
certificate. This includes:
When a death occurs at a hospital/nursing
home/hospice facility • Full Name and Address
The staff of a care facility such as a hospital • Marital Status
or a nursing home will notify you and the • Race/Ethnicity
necessary authorities immediately after a • Date and City of Birth
death has occurred. If a funeral home has • Highest Level of Education
been provided to the hospital or nursing • Father’s Name, Mother’s Name
home, they will be notified at the time of (including maiden name)
death. If you are present at the hospital • Name of Spouse (if married or
Headstones officiate the service. The difference when the funeral director arrives, the will widowed)
between a minister and a celebrant
Some cemeteries allow upright is a celebrant is non-denominational. ask a few questions about the deceased’s • Occupation and Employer
headstones, called “monuments,” Whatever you choose, some sort wishes and set up a time to come into
to be used with ground burials. of service is expected from family the funeral home to make arrangements, The funeral director will also need
Headstones that are at against and friends of the deceased. We are however, if you are not present a funeral pertinent documents required to
the ground are called “markers.” here to help create a unique and director will contact you by telephone to do all the legal paperwork, those
In some cemeteries, or sections of memorable service that people will discuss these arrangements. documents include:
cemeteries, only at markers are used remember fondly for years to come.
to preserve the natural appearance Informing a funeral director • Account Statements
of the landscape. Once everything has been cleared with • Beneficiary Designations
When Death Occurs the proper authorities, the next call you • Life Insurance Policies
No matter if a death is sudden, or place should be to a licensed funeral • Real Estate Deeds
Funeral Service if it something that was a long time director. Funeral directors are here to help • Car and Boat Deeds
• Stock and Bond Certificates
you obtain a death certificate, transport
coming, the loss of a loved one makes
Options us feel emotional and overwhelmed. the body, and in the event pre-planning • Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Family and friends getting together to No amount of preparation can fully was not done, select a casket/urn and • Post-Nuptial Agreements
honor a loved one’s life is one of the prepare you for the loss of a loved arrange the funeral/memorial service. The • Loans and Leases
most important steps in the grieving one. When you are in a heightened funeral director will also help you notify • Copies of Bills (Hydro, Cable,
and healing process. You may opt to emotional state, even the most basic the employer and insurance company Phone etc.)
have a traditional religious or military decisions can seem staggering. The of the deceased to assist with those • Last Will
service, or as more and more people following is a rough guideline of what arrangements. Funeral directors are here • Tax Returns
are doing you can choose to have a needs to be done within the first 24 to help and advise you and will work very
non-traditional ‘life celebration’. hours after death. hard to relieve the stress and logistics If no pre-planning has been done,
involved in funeral planning. necessary arrangements need to be
Decisions need to be made about the When death occurs at home or a place made for the funeral service. These
location of the funeral, the choice of of business Meeting a funeral director include:
casket or urn and who the pallbearers If the person was not under hospice You should meet with a funeral director
should be. Another decision to make care, the police will have to be notified within 24 hours of a death to begin to make • Scheduling the location, date and
it who will be officiating the service. immediately. The police will be final arrangements for your loved one. time of the visitation and funeral
You can choose to have a minister (or dispatched to the home and place the Deciding on these final arrangements may service
other religious leader) or a celebrant call to the coroner/medical examiner. seem like a very daunting task, especially

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