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What is Preplanning?

Preplanning allows you to express your wishes and make sure your desires are carried out. Preplanning gives you the luxury of evaluating your options and prices, so you can think clearly and without a sense of urgency. While not necessary, preplanning also allows you to take care of financial arrangements if you prefer, so you can be assured that you can afford the service you desire without unduly burdening your family.

With preplanning, you can specify whether you prefer a burial or cremation, what type of service you'd like, and plan all the details of the service from the music and/or poems heard to the pall bearers of your choice. We encourage you to include your family when making these choices.

It is a good idea to make sure that your family has a copy of your preplanning arrangements. This can help avoid misinterpretations and misunderstandings of the instructions.

Preplanning Funeral Services

People who preplan their funeral arrangements give their families the greatest gift of all - Peace of Mind. We strongly encourage you to take the time to plan the funeral service in advance, so that when the time comes your family can focus on supporting one another and not on arranging a funeral.

Preplanning your final arrangements:

  • Assures that your personal preferences will be carried out as you planned.
  • Eliminates second guessing about what type of service you wanted.
  • Reduces stress at an already emotional time.

Gebhart Funeral Homes offers a variety of affordable payment options which:

  • Guarantees the funeral cost at today's prices.
  • Guarantees your family will never have to pay more, no matter what happens with inflation. (The price of the funeral and services has more than doubled in 10 years.)
  • Is protected against Medicaid liquidation.
  • Is fully transferable - If you move your plan goes with you.

Brian A. Sweeney, Gebhart Funeral Homes' Certified Preplanning Consultant, will assist you through the preplanning and, if desired, prefunding process.

If you like, you may begin the process by filling out the Preplanning Form below or please call us for a personal consultation.

Personal Information:

Entries with a * are required.
I am planning for:
Name (First MI Last): *
Address: *
City, State Zip *, *    *
Phone: *
Email:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Maiden Name:
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Maiden Name:

 
Work/Education Information:

Education Level: Primary:      
Secondary: 
Occupation:
Industry:
Company:
Number of Years:

 
Military Service:

Service Branch:
Serial Number:
Date Enlisted:
Rank at Discharge:
Date Discharged:
Discharge on File At:
Name of Wars:

 
Funeral Preferences:

I Prefer:
I Prefer my Service to be:
Place of Service:
Religious Denomination:
Place of Worship:
Person Officiating Service:

 
Memorialization Instructions:
Musical Selections: 1.
2.
3.
4.
Favorite Flower(s):
Favorite Flower Color(s):

 
Final Disposition:

Preference for Final Disposition:



Name of Location for
Final Dispostion:
 
Address:

I own a at the location above.
 

Special Instructions:

 
Person to Finalize Arrangements at Time of Death
Name:
Relationship:
Address:
City, State Zip ,   
Phone:
Email:
 

 
 
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