The Ultimate To Do List When Your Loved One Dies: Before & After the Funeral: 1

It’s 2 a.m., and the phone rings. A call at that hour is never good news. If a loved one has died and you are responsible for handling the funeral arrangements, the next 48 hours are going to be a mad rush for you and your family. The whole ordeal tests your sense of organization, and your memory, patience and relationships. The dreaded feeling of “What did I forget to do?” is heavy. The shock of the death, in addition to the sheer number of details associated with funeral planning and taking care of your loved one’s wishes and estate, can be overwhelming even for the most organized person. The Ultimate To Do List When Your Loved One Dies: Before & After the Funeral will keep you organized, reduce your stress and burden, and help you to approach these necessary tasks and to do items with confidence. A large majority of the tasks enumerated in this book can be discussed, decided upon, and completed prior to someone’s death. Through a concerted effort at pro-active funeral planning, you or someone responsible for taking care of your funeral will have the information needed to carry out final arrangements and wishes with ease and confidence when death happens. Even though we exist in a death-averse society and typically avoid conversations about death, we shouldn’t allow this to affect our preparedness or prevent us from putting a plan in place. This book will help you to be ready for death and to systematize what we need to do prior to death. Life planning conversations and taking an active role in your or a family member’s funeral arrangements can transform a painful and stressful occasion into one of great meaning and peace for all of those involved. This book will help you to be prepared. Visit www.funeralplanning.com for more information.

Dr. Donna Vincent Roa started her journalism and communication career writing obituary notices for the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper's Lake Charles, Louisiana bureau. She wrote this book following the death of her mother in January 2011 to help others through the funeral planning process.