Questions to think about

• Is the funeral to be a burial or a cremation?

• Where would you like the service to be held - a church, our service rooms, from own home, cemetery (graveside) or crematorium chapel?

• Do you have a preference for any particular minister of religion or officiant to take the funeral service for you?  

• Would you like the deceased to be wearing their own clothing or for Dunnett’s to provide a Silk Shroud ?

• Will you be visiting the deceased in our rest rooms to pay your last respects?

• Will it be open to floral tributes or family flowers only?

• Would you like donations in lieu of a chosen charity?

  (Please note that we will collect donations on your behalf and hold the fund open for at least two weeks following the funeral service)

• Would you like Dunnett’s to place a notice in a newspaper/s or online notices to announce details of the funeral or a personal message for you?

• Have you considered your choice of coffin ?

• Do you have any specific personal music that you would like to have during the service?

• Would you like Dunnett’s to print Orders of Service ?

• Will the family want to carry the coffin, or will that be left to our professional staff?

• Who will you have lowering at graveside?

• What kind of hearse do you require?

• Will you require any vehicles for transporting mourners ?

• Where would you like the cortege to leave from ?

• Where will you be returning to after the funeral ?

• Would you like Dunnett’s to arrange Funeral teas ?

• Who will be responsible for payment of account ?

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