Goettsch, Inc. Funeral Home

Questions About Your funeral?
Planning Your Funeral?
Paying For Your funeral?
Forethought Life Insurance?

The subject of funerals is never easy to discuss. Discussing your funeral in advance can be a worthwhile experience in the lights of the impact your own death will have on those you love most.

For this reason we have compiled with the help of many people like you, the five most frequently asked questions voiced by people considering their own funerals.

We offer Forethought funeral planning for families to arrange and fund the cost of their funerals in advance.

This guide can assist you in making informed choices regarding your funeral. Our staff can assist you in tailoring your funeral to be a true reflection of your life.

Ask yourself these questions today....Before the need arises, for your peace of mind - and for those you love.

If my death occurred tomorrow, my funeral would be arranged by...
If my death occurred tomorrow, the money needed to pay for my funeral would come from....
If my death occurred tomorrow, the funeral I want would include...
If my death occurred tomorrow, I would expect my funeral to cost....
If my death occurred tomorrow, what I would regret most regarding my final arrangements would be....

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Planning your funeral...

Today many individuals and families are making the decision to prearrange their funerals. The advantages make sense.

Planning your own funeral...

Enables you to make your wishes known.
Provides an opportunity for you to involve your family in making arrangements for your memorialization.
Relieves you and your loved one of future financial responsibility.

With Pre-Planning....

Your loved ones will be relieved of making difficult decisions at a time of high stress.
Your funeral will reflect your desired wishes.
Your thoughtfulness alleviates a financial burden on your family.
Your plan is transferable, should you relocate, your plan can be transferred to a funeral home in your new community.
Your funeral plan can be fully funded, so once you've made all your payments, your plan is funded forever.

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Why Do We Have Funerals?
Its important to recognize that funerals are for the living. A funeral commemorates the life that has been lived. It allows for those left behind to grieve the loss and take the first steps toward a healthy emotional adjustment.

What Options are available in services and dispositions?

Personalization is a valuable element of today's funerals. Whether a ceremony is elaborate or simple, funerals are often individualized to reflect the life of the deceased and to hold special meaning for family and other survivors. It may reflect one's religious beliefs as a re-affirmation of faith in a greater life beyond this world.
It may reflect the occupation or hobbies of the deceased. It may center around an ethnic background or social affiliation.
Generally, a ceremony is conducted with the body of the deceased present. In this sense, the ceremony provides an occasion for saying final goodbyes prior to disposition of the body.
In our society, three basic forms of final disposition are practiced. The first is earth burial, which continues to be the form of disposition chosen most often. Despite a misconception that burial space is limited, studies show that enough space is available to serve our future needs for more than a century.

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