We all know that planning ahead makes sense. That's why we offer all families   the option of funeral prearrangement planning.  Today, prearranging funeral   services is as common in people's life plans as retirement and estate planning.

There are many benefits and sound reasons for prearranging funeral services.   They include, but are not limited to:

• Relieves surviving family members of the highly emotional burden associated   with funeral arrangement decisions by reducing family stress, anxiety and   confusion at an already emotional time.

• Family is free from risk, bickering, uncertainty, unnecessary worry, grief   and bereavement.

• Significantly reduces the time needed to finalize arrangements and allows a   less stressful environment in which one can make important decisions.

• Allows you to express your own unique wishes so your family will not have to   guess what you would have wanted.

• Helps you make informed, thoughtful decisions and not just react.

• Most of the details must be handled within hours of death. Some decisions   must be made within minutes. These choices could have a major impact on your   family both emotionally and financially.

• Allows you to make these important decisions together...not alone.

• Removes any possible conflict and/or misunderstandings about your wishes   among immediate family members or "blended" family members at an emotional time.

• Reduces the chance your family will "emotionally overspend" on final   arrangements.

• Provides the guidance of an experienced funeral preplanning professional to   help you understand all your choices and options.

• When you preplan, you determine how much you can afford to spend on your   funeral. Making these important decisions in a calm setting leaves no financial   surprises for your family.

• Allow surviving family members the time to concentrate on the memories of   you rather than the details surrounding death.

• Financial strain is eliminated. By prepaying funeral expenses, it relieves   surviving family members of the burden associated with funeral final expenses.   Saves you hundreds of dollars on funeral expenses.

• Pre-paying your funeral expenses today protects you against the effects of   inflation and transfers the risk of inflation of funeral costs to the funeral   home. Once paid for, your funeral will not cost you more in the future,   regardless of what prices are at that time.

• Prepaying your funeral expenses protects your assets from confiscation due   to long-term care expenses.

• Gives you true "Peace of Mind" just knowing it as all taken care of and not   left for others to deal with.