Funeral Guides

Family Record Guide

The Most Common Way to Document Final Plans and Preferences

“Failure or success is largely determined by the amount time spent
on planning and preparing for the future.”
Vince Lombardi, Legendary Football Coach

Because you love and care about your family, one of the best ways you can show them is by taking the time to document you end of life plan. By completing our Family Record Guide, this will provide your loved ones with specific details about your financial matters, vital statistics, estate planning, last wishes, special messages or values, burial planning, memorial service preferences, as well as any funeral or burial insurance and other options to prepay funeral costs.

What’s In It For You…and Your Family?

For your loved ones, this selfless act of planning and preparation leaves behind a clear understanding of your final wishes, allowing them to know exactly “what you would have wanted” during a time of extreme grief and loss.

For you, there is a tremendous sense of accomplishment and “peace of mind”, knowing that you:

1. Worked hard and sacrificed the time and effort to take care of your loved ones
2. You cared enough to plan and prepare for something you knew would very difficult some day
3. One of the last memories you will leave behind is showing how much you loved and cared
4. By minimizing or eliminating many of these emotional and financial pressures, this allows your loved ones to focus on planning a special memorial service and end of life celebration, reflect back on your life’s story, and cherish all the great memories shared together

PLEASE ask yourself this question: “Today, does my current plans include the message and memory I want to leave behind?“ If not, we can assure you that your loved ones will be grateful for taking this all-important first step! Click to view our 10 Key End of Life Plan Benefits