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Funerals and Death Planning
May. 26th, 2020 01:14 pmI've been wanting to write this for awhile. Some of it, maybe most, is common knowledge, but these were things I noticed while we were reacting to my father's death.
PRACTICALITIES:
First of all, Dad had a binder with those clear protective coverings. Inside each sheet was a document, original when he had it, validated copy when he didn't. As he was military, the single most important document was his DD-214. With it, we were able to confirm that he could be buried in a military cemetery. The military covers so many of the costs associated with a funeral, like the headstone, the actual burial, and the plot. We ended up paying only $4000 for all of the other things associated with the funeral.
( The rest is under the cut. )
PRACTICALITIES:
First of all, Dad had a binder with those clear protective coverings. Inside each sheet was a document, original when he had it, validated copy when he didn't. As he was military, the single most important document was his DD-214. With it, we were able to confirm that he could be buried in a military cemetery. The military covers so many of the costs associated with a funeral, like the headstone, the actual burial, and the plot. We ended up paying only $4000 for all of the other things associated with the funeral.
( The rest is under the cut. )
