People in grief walk in every day unprepared for the financial burden of planning a funeral or cremation.
Everyone buys insurance for houses, cars, medical….but not many take advantage of buying insurance for funeral preplanning.
Last year AARP did a disservice to the funeral industry by recommending that folks NOT preplan. I’d like to tell you why you should.
First off, when someone you love dies, it would be really nice if you could concentrate on the event rather than your pocketbook. A recent young man, after finding out what a full body funeral and burial would cost, almost fainted. Seriously. His dad, in his mid 50’s had died unexpectedly, and he didn’t really know what to do.
I see it every day! And, it hurts my heart every time I do.
When you buy a preplanned funeral or cremation you need to make sure you are buying an insurance policy. that way your money is held in trust by an insurance company and can grow in value, too.
Make sure that when you buy cemetery product that it has an Endowment Care Fund that will provide perputual care.
When you make plans ahead YOU get to choose how you want your own funeral or cremation to go. YOUR wishes will be followed — no one elses. YOU get to decide just how much money YOU want to spend for your final footprint on earth and in the end, you’ve given those you love the best gift you could because you’ve lifted the financial burden from those left behind.
Contact me if you’d like more info on funeral and cremation preplanning.
I’ll keep writing about the benefits of preplanning on this site, so, I hope you look back soon!
