Funeral Planning Checklist
Recording Personal Information
Making Specific Selections
Extended family and friends
(See Funeral Information Sheet)
Select casket or cremation container
Doctor (G.P. or Specialist)
Select burial vault or cremation urn
Accountant
Full legal name
Choose cemetery
Lawyer
Residence
Select burial or cremation plot
Employer
Date of birth
Decide whether above or below
Insurance agent
Place of birth
ground
Creditors
Citizenship
Select memorial grave marker and
Clubs, unions, and organizations
Personal Health number
inscription
Financial advisor / banker
Social Insurance number
Select memorial register
Bereavement counselor if needed
Length of time in province
Select memorial folders and
Occupation
acknowledgment cards
Pay for the Following Services
Business or industry
Choose floral arrangement
Marital status
Funeral service
Spouse’s full name
Participants
Cemetery plot, perpetual care, and
Father’s name
interment fees
Mother’s maiden name
Clergy or officiant
Grave memorial, inscription, and
Next of kin / Executor’s full name
Organist or other musical
installation
Next of kin’s address
Pallbearers
Service participants
Nest of kin’s relationship
Family or friend to perform eulogy
Newspapers
Doctor’s name & address
Family or friend to read scripture or
Death certificates
participants
Flowers
Making Service Choices
Food / catering for reception
Transportation
Hospitals
Choose a funeral home
Ambulance
Set time and date of service
Transfer from place of death to
Choose location of service
funeral home
Personal Data of Deceased
Apply for burial permit
Funeral coach
Apply for death certificates
Clergy car
Elementary school attended
Choose burial or cremation
Family limousine
High school attended
Request preparation and embalming
Pallbearer limousine
University attended
Choose family viewing or visitation
Funeral escort
Military record
Decide if jewelry is to remain or be
Family and professional history
returned
Documents to Locate
Offices or positions held
Supply clothing for deceased
Accomplishments: personal and
Select photographs to be displayed
Will
professional
Select musical selections, hymns,
Deed to cemetery plot
Citations
and solos
Birth certificate
Hobbies, activities, and interests
Select scripture or literature to be
Marriage certificate
Charities and other special requests
read
Citizenship papers
Compose and submit obituary
Insurance policies
Choose charity to direct donations to
Bank documents
Please note: the preceding list is only a
Display religious or fraternal items
Title to property
guideline; actual arrangements will be
Arrange location and food for
Vehicle ownership
unique to each individual.
reception
Tax returns
Military discharge papers
People to Contact
Twiford Direct - Elizabeth City: (252) 335-4395 , Manteo: (252) 473-2449, Hatteras: (252) 986-2554 - 24 Hours