… To a Life Well-Remembered

Today, more and more people are planning their funeral in advance. Preplanning, or prearranging, as this is commonly known, is simply taking care of your service details before the need arises.

Working together with People’s professional, who has especial training and experience, you can be sure these details are taken care of.

Do you want a traditional funeral o simple memorial service? Burial or cremation? In addition, you can choose to personalize specific items such as people to notify, readings or favorite songs, flowers, clothing, and anything else that is important to you.

Why Preplan?

Make your wishes known
Your family and friends don’t have to guess what you want when you share your thoughts with them. And, by putting it in writting, you can be sure you’ll get the service you have planned for.

Preplanning can also help you determine exactly how much you should spend on all the specific events of your life that you would like honored and remembered.

Personalize Your service
Create a positive celebration! With preplanning, those close to you will know what you would like highlighted about the life you’ve lived, so they can commemorate the “real you”.

Be Satisfied, Knowing you Have Relieved an Emotional Burden for your Family
Planning a special service after losing a loved one is never easy, It’s already a highly emotional time, and when they don’t know your final wishes, brings added stress to those you love.

How do you Preplan?

It’s as easy as A-B-C!

A. Collect Personal Infromation
This includes gathering all the facts that you will want people to remember: Your biographical information, career, hobbies, family and friends. You can include any other special interests you have to help make your service even more meaningful for those who attend.

B. Making Arrangements
When ready, you can sit down at People’s with a planning professional who will explain the various options available. this information will help you determine your choice of service and make decision on any other ideas you may have for your remembrance.

A statement of your service selections will then be kept at our funeral home until needed.

C. Prefund Your Funeral
Funeral price, like other things, increase over time. By prefunding at today’s prices, you can be assured that the money will be there to cover tomorrow’s funeral costs.

Prefunding can also help relieve the financial burden on those close to you. Handling the costs of a funeral, and possibly overspending because they weren’t certain of your wishes, can be extremely stressful and even a hardship.
Once you have prefunded your services, you have taken that last step in assuring that your remembrance will be the way you want it with less stress on those left behind. This allows them to focus on remembering you and celebrating your life.

Now is the time to plan when you can think clearly while making these important decisions.

Call us at (706) 327-8310.

We have a variety of prefunding options available. Your People’s planning professional would welcome the opportunity to sit down and go throught thse with you.