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A Step By Step Guide to Arranging a Funeral

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As professional funeral advisors and confidants, it is our role to make funeral arrangements a less daunting experience.

Whether we meet you in your own home, discuss matters over the phone or meet in one of our ten locations, it is our responsibility to lift the burden from your shoulders.

Browse our step-by-step guide below for more information.

Our experience and knowledge will help you make the most appropriate choices.

Funeral Arrangements

We outline below the various steps involved in arranging a funeral. You can arrange a funeral with us by calling to any one of our locations, by telephoning us or we will call to your home. For more detailed information, click on each step below or under each section detailed opposite under Funeral Arrangements.

We discuss the choice of burial or cremation
We liaise with medical personnel and arrange for the completion of the death notification form
We liaise/confirm details with clergy, churches, cemeteries, crematoria, as required
We care for, prepare and dress the deceased, as per the family's wishes
We assist in the selection of a coffin or casket from our extensive range
We assist in preparing and inserting death notices for publication
We provide the funeral vehicles required
We can arrange a selection of Floral Tributes
We assist with music and hymn selection
We arrange for production of mass booklets/service sheets
We provide condolence books for signing at the funeral home, residence, church/crematorium
We confirm your instructions in writing outlining the estimated funeral costs and discuss payments on your behalf to third parties

Questions to consider when making funeral arrangements

Do you want burial or cremation?
Where do you want to hold the service - in a church, funeral home, crematorium or at home?
Do you want to have a one or two day funeral? i.e. a removal on the day of the funeral or on the evening before
Where will the deceased repose – at home, in a hospital/hospice mortuary or in a funeral home?
When do you want to have the funeral?
What clothes will the deceased wear when reposing?
Will you need transport on the day of the funeral – i.e. a limousine for the family?
Will you publish a death notice in a national newspaper, on local radio or RIP.ie? Who will be mentioned in this notice?
Do you require music for the funeral service?
Are you going to use Mass/service booklets?
Do you want a photograph for placing on the coffin?
Do you want to pass the house en-route to the church or cemetery?
Will the family carry the coffin at the funeral?
Do you need to arrange lunch for family and friends after the funeral?

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