Funeral Planning

If you don't mind I'd like to ask you questions if we had not information wishes and arrangements. In our gift of love today. And something happened to either tonight. Who would have been forced to make your funeral arrangements to? Morrow, who would have to provide information for the Death Certificate and obituary inflammation? Memorials, I don't know, but there's been a preparation. And a death occurs in any family family decisions that have to be made in a very short period of time, thinks such as deciding on the type of burial, filing the necessary papers. As you can imagine, there was a lot of paperwork and answering all of the telephone calls. Family which we got today. Preparing the Certificate selecting cemetery property. Arranging the service and choosing Paul bears. They're selecting memorials and Mrs. Jones. The goes on and on but to us most. At the time, the worst decision that any family will ever have to face is when they have to meet at the funeral home. Wander through that selection room. And that's the day you will have to pick out a casket for your spouse. Or something those kids have to pick out a Casper. Mom or dad, too many times we hear your kids spend with their Hearts by saying it's the last thing we can do for mom or dad, instead of being able to think through This Time.

You told me if you're wedding was anything like mine, it didn't just happen now. Mr. Jones, you probably just showed up when she was supposed to. And all the that's where your family started. And as the years passed, children came and babies don't come with books, you had to raise those kids. According to your own moral values. Then some more time passed. A retirement came and I guess you know by now that it doesn't just happen. It takes and it together doing just what we've been talking about today. Sometimes we ask families what we could have done to make the loss of a loved. One more bearable, and it seems the most common answer we hear is. We realized that the funeral home that. Unfortunately, we will be meeting 1 day. Don't know who it's going to be that I do think it will probably be the first time that either view will have to make some major decisions without each other. Statistically speaking, a husband dies 8 out of 10 times before his wife. And what we see more often than not is that the widow has to face this time alone. You think about it. Widows.

That way to take care of these is ahead of time, just like we're doing today. Remember helping your family. 2 things occur for your mind and knowing that these decisions have been made second and most importantly as I. Mentioned earlier. You made these together now. I don't mean to have you ever had to make funeral arrangements. Yeah, my dad. Do you know how much an average? Do you know how much an?

But the average cost of a funeral today is 8000. No XYZ over the past 30 years, the average funeral has nearly doubled about every 12 years. That means all of us. Is that what 2 funerals cost today could easily be what 1 cost and a few years can you think about it?

Or the movies could be so expensive. Do you know how to get a home? Home and everything I'm going to leave with you. I'd like to make a few notes on the back. The way we come up with the price of a traditional funeral. It's usually broken into 3 parts. A traditional funeral service and of course, echo all those words right now. First of course, traditional funeral service. Includes whether it's from home hospital. Nursing, the preparation room and cosmetics are facilities. A parlor for visitation as you requested and powerful itself. Transportation a hearse a lead car for the pasture. Family car for your family needed. Utility band vanderflowers and makes what we call the. Setup, which is the tent shares lowering device? Final word service register for sign and the thank you cards the family will need after the panel. This also includes the nearest for the pall bears and the clergy, Mrs Jones and XYZ. Fuel now, because there's 2 of you. I'm going to put this on both sides of the service so I'm gonna. Transitional cast, we've got over caskets on display, but they Basi.

Cally break down to 3 tights, semi. Precious metals like bronze and copper. Those families who often want the best often. Choose a bronzer paper casket. Of course, then we have woodcaskets and I think family's Choo forecast. Look at some of these. The first calculate I'd like to show is a bronze casket. And as I said, earlier, families who happen want the best often. Choose a bronze or copper casket. It offers ultimate protection. This one is called the wings of an angel. It's a bronze.

You should pause here and count to 2 silently. Turn the page and show the next casket. I'm next case. I'd like to show you a copper and Mrs. Jones. Copper offers the same protein as fraud. At about half the price, this is a copper casket. It's made of 32 oz coffee with a velvet interior I think it's proper cast and I think it's been if you Polish it off. It's just as nice as the day it was made. And I think that's the new price is $4500 again to silen. The next case, the next cast. I'd like to keep a week. Doesn't go by that. Someone doesn't say just throw me in an old time box. I like to tell them that that own's kind has gotten light expensive. Think of Polish. I also want to point out that because of the sheer nature would protected now the first. One of the poor ones, you'll notice attention to a solid woodcast with a velvet interior ask him to crumbled.

Pause for a couple of moments, but do not show the next cast. Then the next casket I'd like to show you. Is the cherry cast again? It's made of solid cherry and it also has a nice velvet interior beautiful Dew price of $3500. Now Mrs. Jones are middle of the road. Tasks and they are probably more often chosen than any of our other tasks. You should cause here and count to silently. Turn the page and show the next casket. Still kept this is the version they are both made. Identical both made of stainless steel with a velvet. When the famous, I think of pots and pans. And kitchen sinks something that will never rest. Or corrode, these caskets are both prized at $3000. Let me ask you a question. Anything more than these caskets would. So we've got a $3500 service and $3000 for the casket. The third part of a traditional funeral is now. The vault is not a state law. Some of those is maybe you've got to an old ceme. Turn, you've seen the ground in. What happens? Is that over time? Weight of collapses. What evolved does is not only protect the casket from the weight of the Earth, but also from the elements as well. Now we've got balls arranged from 1000 to $10000. They are all basically made the same all out of reinforced concrete. And they all seal the only difference. Says and the color so what do you want anymore? The least expensive all. So I wonder that $1000. Total is $15000 and xboise home. We have put together a program that is a part of our gift of love that I'm really excited about. They give it a fancy name. They call it advanced funeral planning, but I call it prenewhich, which you might already be familiar with. This program allows your family to freeze the funeral prize you selected today. Regardless of any future price increases, the price will never go up again. Families tell me all the time. What a great program it is and I'm sure you. The only decision we haven't made today is what is going to fit in your budget to make sure the payment is comfortable for you. A lot of folks are from what I call the old school. And they don't like to owe anybody for any. Those folks simply never have to worry about it again. For those of you can do this. That's a great way to have it. Care of and that may be the way you'd like it to be handled so number one. The first option is paid in full. The 15000 for those like me who want or need the option. A period of time is completely. We offer our family protection plans. In addition to there are several additional and important benefits. First, you have accidental death coverage from day. 1 second by answering a few simple health questions. You might have the ability to be completely covered immediately. Regardless of your health in just too short years. You were fully protected and finally. So the family covers each and every child. Grandchild, great-grandchild. You have at no cost. Remember helping you help your family. If you're over, the cost would be 312 02 per month or over 8 years, you might have a more affordable payment of $238. This price for you both funeral services once again. You would have all the benefits. I told you about earlier. The frozen price insurance coverage, possibly from day one and our family protection plan. That covers all the kids families. Tell me all the time what a great program is. Says I realized we've talked a lot about money and that is always consideration. Doing the difficult decisions we've talked about earlier. That will also help your family not have to worry about how they're. Pay for the day of their life. Not the main reason family is pre. Arranged their services. Main recent families for their funerals is the peace of that comes and knowing that they have helped their family get through one of the worst days of their lives. Just the little easier. Let me ask you one last question. Which one of these 3 ways is going to fit with your budget? So we can help you help your family today. 

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