A Step By Step Guide to Arranging a Funeral

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?