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Make appointment with the Funeral Home by calling
850-674-5449. The funeral home will help coordinate all arrangements.
Some information to complete the State vital statistic
requirements will be needed by us when we meet:
Birth Date
Birthplace
Father's Name
Mother's Name (including maiden name)
Social Security Number
Veteran's Discharge
Education
Marital Status
Contact your clergy. Decide on time and place of funeral or memorial service.
This can be done at the funeral home.
The funeral home will assist you in determining the number of copies of the
death certificates you will be needing and can order them for you.
Make a list of immediate family, close friends and employer or business
colleagues. Notify each by phone.
Some families prefer to have memorial gifts made in lieu of flowers. If so,
decide on appropriate memorial to which gifts may be made (church, hospice,
library, charity or school).
Gather obituary information, including age, place of birth, cause of death,
occupation, college degrees, memberships held, military service , outstanding
work , list of survivors in immediate family. The funeral home will handle
writing the obituary and submit to newspapers. If you would like a picture
submitted with the obituary you may bring that picture with you.
Arrange for members of family or close friends to take turns answering door or
phone, keeping careful record of calls.
If Social Security checks are automatic deposit, notify the bank of the death.
Coordinate the supplying of food for the next several days. We will discuss with
you options that are available to you for a pre or post service meal.
Consider special need of the household, such as cleaning , etc., which might be
done by friends.
Select pallbearers and notify the funeral home. (Avoid anyone with heart or back
difficulties , or make them honorary pallbearers).
Prepare list of distant persons to be notified by letter and/or printed notice,
and decide which to send to each. We can discuss with you the options of having
that person view the live services over the internet.
Prepare list of persons to receive acknowledgments of flowers, calls, etc. Send
appropriate acknowledgments (we will supply you with necessary thank you notes).
Include "thank you's" to those who have given their time as well.
Notify insurance companies (we can also assist in filing all insurance documents.)
Locate the will and notify lawyer and executor.
Check carefully all life and casualty insurance and death benefits , including
Social Security, credit union , trade union, fraternal, and military. Check also
on income for survivors from these sources.
Check promptly on all debts and installment payments, including credit cards.
Some may carry insurance clauses that will cancel them. If there is to be a
delay in meeting payments, consult with creditors and ask for more time before
the payments are due.
If deceased was living alone, notify utilities and landlord and tell post office
where to send mail.
Funeral Director will prepare Social Security Form SSA 721. Check with Social
Security to see that number is retired.
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