1. Call Heritage Cremation Provider at 1-800-972-2070, we will schedule an appointment and assist you with every detail necessary to respectfully memorialize your loved one regardless of service option selected. Some information we will request to complete vital statistic requirements are:
Social Security Number
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Any Pre-Arrangement / Insurance Documents
Father's Name
Mother's Maiden Name
Veteran's Discharge or Claim Number
Education
Marital Status
2. Contact your clergy. If you don’t have anyone specific, we can provide clergy for you.
3. Make a list and notify the immediate family, close friends and employer or business colleagues.
4. Select pallbearers and notify the funeral home.
5. Decide donation to which gifts may be made if this was a wish of your loved one (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.
7. Locate the will and notify lawyer and executor.
8. Plan for disposition of flowers after funeral (church, hospital or rest home)
9. Notify insurance companies.
10. Check all life and casualty insurance and death benefits including Social Security, credit union, trade union, fraternal, and military.