planning your final arrangements makes it far easier on everyone now and later.
To relieve relatives and friends from burdens at the time of my passing,
I, Â [print name] Â __________________________________ Â would like:
Name of mortuary ______________
Autopsy [usually mandatory] Â Â Yes __________ No ________
Embalmed  Yes ______________ No _________
Body to be viewed by family _______ Â by friends __________
Type of casket  [not nec. when cremated in some states] ____________
Obituary in paper [withOUT address] ____________
Service: Yes _________ No _______ Priv ____ Public _____
Informal _______ Formal ______ By whom ______
Where _________ Passages to be read ________
Donate to medical school ____
Buried in which cemetery ____ Type of vault __________
Cremated and put in wall ___ ground _____ on family
property ______ or scattered _____ at/over _______
Vital Statistics – for death certificate
Birth date and place ______________
Full name of father and place of birth ________________
Maiden name of mother and place of birth _______________
Social Security no. ______________________
Will updated on [date] ___________   It’s located at _________
Cemetery plots  ___________________
Life insurance co _________________ individual ____ group _____
Health insurance  _____________    Homeowners insurance  ________________
Car insurance _______________ Trusts  _______________________
Powers of Attorney _______________ Combinations to safes  ______________________
Partnerships ____________________ Contracts  _____________________
Checking accounts ________________ Savings accounts  _____________________
Credit cards ____________________ CD’s  ___________________
Stocks _________________ Bonds _______________________
Mutual funds _____________________IRA  _______________  Keogh  _____________
Deeds ___________________ Â Mortgage cos. _____________________
Birth cert. _____________________ Lawyer _______________
Accountants  ________________________  Brokers  ______________________
Banks ____________________________ Safety deposit box  __________________
Valuables __________________________ Military discharge  ____________________
Other ________________________________________________
Date _______ Signature ______________________________________
Source:Â Â https://www.generaladvice.org/aging-final-arrangements/