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Pre-Planning reduces stress on your family members during intense grief by making difficult decisions ahead of time. It also ensures that your wishes are met to give you peace of mind. Some families do not know where to find certain information or have no idea what type of service to have, this is why pre-planning is a great way to make sure your family will not have to make any difficult decisions when they are grieving.
Pre-Planning also gives you the choice to set aside funding in a Burial Trust Fund account through SecurChoice in Pennsylvania if you do not want your family to deal with any monetary considerations.
Our funeral home will need to collect some basic information regarding vital statistical information. This information will appear on the death certificate filed in Pennsylvania. Vital statistical information would be:
Once the funeral arrangements have been finalized, one of our Licensed Funeral Directors will prepare a pre-need statement with all the funeral merchandise selected and present you with the estimated cost. We do not guarantee pricing.
SecurChoice is the burial trust fund account in the state of Pennsylvania. SecurChoice allows individuals to set aside funding for their funeral arrangements in a burial trust fund account through PNC Bank as the Trustee before the need arises. This gives an opportunity for you to either make payments by setting aside an amount every month or couple of months and depositing into the account or the full amount can be deposited at the time of the arrangements. The account does gain interest overtime and can be transferred to any funeral home in the United States if something were to happen.
When the death occurs, we will contact SecurChoice with a copy of the signed death certificate. We will apply that amount to the funeral bill. If there is money to be owed, we will bill the family with the remaining amount owed, if there is money left over in the account, then once we have the funds, we will refund the remaining amount to the estate of the deceased.
You can pre-arrange for yourself, or you can pre-arrange for an ailing loved one if you have Power of Attorney.
No, we do not charge for making pre-arrangements with one of our Licensed Funeral Directors.
No, you do not need to set aside any money to pre-arrange.
No, you only need $500.00 to open up the account. As long as it is more than $500.00, then any amount can be put down.
No, we do not guarantee pricing due the increase in prices over the years.
Yes, absolutely. If you wish to change the type of service or have updated vital statistical information, please contact us so we can help you.
Yes, we can absolutely look up your family members’ type of service and casket. If we do not have the same casket, we will find one comparable to that casket.
There are certain amounts that can be set aside in a SecurChoice Burial Trust Fund Account in the county of Allegheny, but it changes yearly. Let us know if you need to do a spend-down for your loved one you are making pre-arrangements for and we can help you.
The nice thing about pre-arranging a funeral is that all the arrangements are already in place, so the answer is no, your children will not have to come in and make any decisions because you already did that ahead of time.
If you’re considering making prearrangements, we offer flexible options to suit your needs. We can assist you in person, over the phone, or virtually. Please let us know your preferred method, and we’ll be happy to accommodate you.