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Americans spend billions of dollars yearly on funeral and burial services and products. The increasing trend toward pre-funeral planning suggests that more consumers want to make intelligent choices when comparing funeral burial products and service prices. Buying A Burial Funeral Package - Part of Estate Planning Americans are coming to view the planning of their…

Keeping Your Estate Plan Current Unsurprisingly, your estate planning should include preparing or updating a will and trust. These and other essential tasks are discussed below. If you have other concerns, contact an estate planning attorney in your area.  Update Your Will or Trust Regularly The last will and testament permit you to determine what…

What Is A "Green" Burial Funeral? The Green Burial is an ancient practice and is based on returning our bodies to mother earth. It is also a way of honoring our birth-death-rebirth cycle. The Deceased Preparation For Burial The deceased is wrapped in a shroud of natural fabric, lying on a wicker burial stretcher, or…

Funerals are often referred to as a celebration of life. A time to acknowledge and give thanks for their presence in your life. Funerals can also be a financial burden to those responsible for paying for and arranging them. Be A Smart Consumer When Purchasing Funeral Products And Services One way to protect your family…

There are many types of end-of-life insurance coverage available today. The determining feature of the kinds of burial products and funeral services available through your insurance coverage will be based on the amount of the monthly premium you are willing to pay now. This article covers low-to-moderate expense burial insurance coverage. Burial Insurance - Estate…

Veteran Burial At Sea Funerals And Current Environmental Laws Bodies have been committed to the ocean depths for centuries. Despite the honor associated with the tradition, many Americans are unaware that this type of burial is available to them - especially veterans. Burial at sea refers to both the sinking of bodies or inurned cremains…

Advance Health Care Directive (Living Will) I hear stories about people in a coma and on life support equipment for months and even years. Can I do anything to make sure that doesn't happen to me? The answer is yes. It is called end-of-life planning. Unfortunately, some people would rather not engage in such planning,…

When End-Of-Life Planning Includes End-Of-Life Storage Where Can My Elderly Mother Store Her End-Of-Life Belongings and Planning Documents? Q. My mother is 89 years old and wants to make sure all her belongings and essential documents are safely stored and will be easily accessible to her children when she passes. These include legal documents and…

The Loss Of A Family Member We are all individuals with different life experiences. We also respond differently to profound emotional challenges. This is especially true when it comes to how family members emotionally respond to losing a loved within the immediate or extended family. Grieving As a Family The destabilizing influence that grief can…