Questions About Funeral Planning

October 2025 Our Top 5 Questions About Funeral Planning…and the Answers Funeral planning can be overwhelming. There are many details to handle, and it may feel like learning about funerals is like hearing a new language. That means we hear many of the same questions over and over. To help, we’ve compiled 5 of our […]


Frequently Asked Questions about Funeral Planning

Our Top 5 Questions About Funeral Planning…and our Answers.

This article addresses five of the most frequently asked questions about funeral planning. Among these are: --How much does a funeral cost? --Why is funeral planning important? --What are the steps in planning a funeral? --What financial help is available for funeral expenses? --What should I do right away when someone dies?


Funeral Planning Checklist

Must-Have Items for A Funeral Planning Checklist

Until you go through the funeral planning process, it’s hard to imagine how many decisions are required. To make matters worse, all these crucial decisions must be made during a time of loss and grief. When you preplan, your family avoids the stress of guessing what you would have wanted. A well-thought-out funeral planning checklist […]


Funeral Planning Advice from a Chatbot

March 2023 Artificial Intelligence and the Funeral Industry If you follow the news, you’ve likely seen many stories lately about artificial intelligence. From bots that write essays and create images to videos where you can’t tell real from imagined, AI is everywhere these days. AI has the potential to transform many industries, including the funeral […]


ChatGPT and artificial intelligence for funeral planning.

Artificially Intelligent (AI) Funeral Planning

It’s a New Frontier in Artificial Intelligence A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage now. AI programs have been used for years, but the latest technological breakthrough is “generative” AI programs. These new AI programs, also known as chatbots, can respond to virtually any query. They can answer questions, hold a […]


LGBTQ Funeral Planning

Funeral Planning in the LGBTQ+ Community

By Guest Contributor Catherine Durkin Robinson Catherine Durkin Robinson is the owner of Anitya Doula Services. She completed the End-of-Life Doula Program at the University of Vermont and is a member of the National End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA). Focus on LGBTQ Funeral Planning Death is known as the great equalizer, but equality isn’t always […]


Funeral Planning Guide

Planning for end-of-life arrangements is a compassionate act that can bring peace of mind to you and your loved ones. To help, we created this Funeral Planning Guide as a gateway to our comprehensive pages, which cover every aspect of funeral planning and provide clear answers to common questions about arranging a funeral, planning ahead, and navigating the process.


Funeral Planning: Everything You Need

If you need help with funeral planning you’ve come to the right place. We are your complete resource with how-to information, planning forms, valuable guides, and planning tools. Our Quick Plan is a great way to get started by planning online. The Quick Plan is FREE, easy-to-use and only takes a few minutes to complete. Fill […]


Multigeneration Family

Are You Taking the Right Approach to Funeral Planning?

RETHINKING FUNERAL PLANNING – Take the same approach you take to planning for retirement. Most of us are accustomed to thinking about retirement planning. Even if retirement is years away, we understand the need to have a firm plan to get to where we want to be and retire comfortably. A good retirement plan includes […]


Funeral Planning Robots

If you need help with funeral planning, you’ve come to the right place. We are your complete resource with planning forms and an interactive planning system. It’s all FREE! We even have funeral planning robots to give you advice. Take a few minutes to watch the video below, and you’ll see what we mean. Take […]


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