WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PREARRANGING YOUR FUNERAL

 

What are some of the benefits of prearrangement?

Taking care of funeral arrangements in advance can be the kindest thing you do for your family. It can spare your family anguish, save them money and ensure decisions are made without stress or time pressure.

 

Funerals planned at time of death often mean a significant, unexpected expense. Many details need to be planned within a few short days, and sometimes families find this makes their choices more difficult due to:

 

• Worries about emotional overspending;
• Fears their choices have been dictated by grief or made too quickly;
• Having to make decisions alone; or
• Pressures of paying at the time of need.

At Park Memorial, we’ve seen first-hand how the process can be made easier by planning your funeral in advance. Emotion and pressure are eliminated from decisions, your spouse or family members can share in the planning, and you decide how much will be spent on your funeral.

Why pay in advance?

By paying in advance, you lock in today's funeral prices for the future. 

When is the best time to pre-plan your funeral?
The best time to pre-arrange your funeral is now, while you're thinking about it. You may feel you are too young to pre-plan, but those people who do it say that pre-arranging their funeral was smart financial planning and gave them peace of mind.

By taking the time now to collect cost information and calmly make choices related to your own funeral arrangements, you’ll be protecting your family against much of the strain of having to make those same decisions during a time of extreme emotional stress. This way, you can take the time to carefully select specific items you want and need… and pay for them now.

Why choose Park Memorial to pre-arrange your funeral services?

For more than 60 years, Park Memorial has helped thousands of Albertans prearrange funeral services that are tailored to their personal wishes and economic circumstances. They've told us that prearranging their funeral was a simple way to spare their family the anguish and potential conflict of arranging a funeral.

Park Memorial’s prearranged funerals protect the consumer by guaranteeing in writing that all interest needed to cover inflation remains in the trust account of the purchaser until the time of need.

What other advantages are there to prearranging?

• Guaranteed price
• Your personal wishes are carried out, even to the selection of the casket
• It relieves your family of a financial burden
• You have peace of mind  

We can help you
For information and to discuss how prearrangement can benefit your family, simply call our Family Care Prearrangement office at 1-780-471-5231. There’s no obligation and no pressure to purchase… just simple information to help with your choices. One of our preplanning professionals will be happy to answer your questions.