A True Family Gift: Pre-Arranging Your Funeral

The holidays are a time of miracles, as the old saying goes, and they also offer an opportunity to spend time with loved ones and share gifts.

But there is one type of gift you can bestow upon your family that has incredible value and personal meaning to commemorate your life: pre-planning your funeral.

While that may not sound like much of a gift in the traditional sense, the benefits it provides you and your family are immeasurable. Making arrangements at the time of death – known as “at need plans” – are often an emotionally challenging burden on your family, which can increase stress and make decisions more difficult under time constraints and grief.

By pre-planning your funeral services, everything is taken care of in advance, which will make things much easier on the family you leave behind. Here are some advantages.

• Final Requests Are Carried Out. Whether you plan a certain type of service or burial – or even no service at all – whatever you envision for your funeral and burial will be taken care of, no questions asked.
  
• Everything is Paid For. Funeral services and burials, unfortunately, are not free. Many times, the financial details of making arrangements are among the most difficult and stressful on the family, especially during times of grief. By planning ahead, the budget and details – including insurances or funeral trusts – are taken care of, which greatly eases the burden on your family.
  
• It Sets Your Family at Ease. This is perhaps the most important part of the gift of pre-planning: all funeral and burial decisions are made. There is little discussion or debate left to be had, which eliminates the chance for any disagreements at the time of need and makes the whole process much easier.
  

For more information on advanced funeral planning, please visit norbergfh.com or call 815-875-2425.

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

701 E. Thompson St

Princeton, IL 61356