Steps to Take When Death
Approaches
There are many details that must be made in connection with a
death. It's a good idea to take care of as many of these details as
possible well in advance of the death. Some details to consider:
1. Make an appointment with BERG MORTUARY by calling 801-373-1841
day or night. Our funeral home will help co-ordinate arrangements
with the cemetery. Some of the information to have handy is
also necessary to complete the State's vital statistic requirements
so that we may acquire a certificate of death.
2. Contact your clergy. Decide on time and place of funeral or
memorial service. This can be done at the funeral home.
3. The funeral home will assist you in determining the number of
copies of the death certificates you will be needing and can order
them for you.
4. Make a list of immediate family, close friends and employer or
business colleagues. Notify each by phone.
5. Decide on appropriate memorial to which gifts may be made
(church, hospice, library, charity or school).
6. Gather obituary information, including age, place of birth,
cause of death, occupation, college degrees, memberships held,
military service , outstanding work , list of survivors in immediate
family. Give time and place of services. The funeral home will
normally write article and submit to newspapers (newspaper will
accept picture and they will be returned intact).
7. Arrange for members of family or close friends to take turns
answering door or phone, keeping careful record of calls.
8. If Social Security checks are automatic deposit, notify the
bank of the death.
9. Coordinate the supplying of food for the next several days.
10. Consider special need of the household, such as cleaning ,
etc., which might be done by friends
11. Arrange for child care, if necessary
12. Arrange hospitality for visiting relatives and friends.
13. Select pallbearers and notify the funeral home. (Avoid anyone
with heart or back difficulties , or make them honorary
pallbearers).
14. Plan for disposition of flowers after funeral (church,
hospital or rest home)
15. Prepare list of distant persons to be notified by letter
and/or printed notice, and decide which to send to each.
16. Prepare list of persons to receive acknowledgments of
flowers, calls, etc. Send appropriate acknowledgments (can be
written note, printed acknowledgments, or some of each). Include
"thank you's" to those who have given their time as well.
17. Notify insurance companies.
18. Locate the will and notify lawyer and executor.
19. Check carefully all life and casualty insurance and death
benefits , including Social Security, credit union , trade union,
fraternal, and military. Check also on income for survivors from
these sources
20. Check promptly on all debts and installment payments,
including credit cards. Some may carry insurance clauses that will
cancel them. If there is to be a delay in meeting payments, consult
with creditors and ask for more time before the payments are due.
21. If deceased was living alone, notify utilities and landlord
and tell post office where to send mail.
22. Funeral Director will prepare Social Security
Form SSA 721. Check with Social Security to see that the number is
retired.
Email:
info@bergmortuary.com
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