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Creating and funding a Funeral Trust is one of the best ways to give you and your loved ones peace of mind, and the ability to access funds quickly to cover your funeral and final expenses. Funerals can easily cost ...
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None of us wants to look forward to our own demise. However, like any of the great milestones of your life – career planning, financial planning, wedding planning, or retirement planning – funeral planning deserves your attention. Funerals and weddings ...
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A lot of people think donating a body is a way to avoid any burial expense. While in some cases donation may significantly reduce final costs, there are still costs that will have to be paid for by the family ...
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1. Safety People need safe places and safe people. 2. Participation Spectators are not touched as much as those who participate. 3. Roots Everyone needs a "place" to be honored. Future generations need a "place" to remember. 4. Reality Begins ...
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Do any of these sound familiar? • "I've tried to talk with my parents about funeral planning, but we get all uncomfortable and change the subject." • "I know my family won't agree on funeral planning decisions, so we keep ...
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Beyond a few legal requirements, there is no standard set of rules when it comes to the "right way" to do a funeral. There are however a few things that just about everyone can agree on: ...
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Recent reports like this one  from a prominent investors website have highlighted the current reality, that half or more of Americans can't afford to write a $500 check for an unanticipated expense - even people earning more than $75,000 a ...
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When a loved one dies after having reached an advanced age, government benefits such as Social Security, Medicare, veteran's benefits, and Medicaid are often a part of that person's financial support structure. An important part of the funeral planning ...
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Most people have heard the old saying “seeing is believing” … but people who have also lived through a traumatic life experience have a deeper, more emotional understanding of this simple phrase. For example, when a parent receives call from ...
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Have you ever seen coins left on headstones - particularly of servicemen and women? While people have been leaving mementos at or near the graves of loved ones probably for as long as humans have walked the earth, a ...
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