Preplanning Funerals
"One of the most thoughtful ways you can express your love is by arranging your funeral in advance. This ensures that your final wishes and needs will be carried through, without added stress, at today's costs."
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Overview
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Funeral Service Options |
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Merchandise Options |
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Personal Information Register
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Explanation
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| Preplanning your funeral is an entregal part of Retirement and Estate Planning. Although not binding, recording your wishes now will remove an incredible burden from your family at a most difficult time.
Funeral Preplanning is more than just talking about your wishes. It's a process through which various options are considered and your preferences in every respect are recorded. Preplanning decisions are made calmly while meeting your needs. Consider the frustration of your survivors wondering what you would have wanted.
Do it now. It makes a lot of sense, and you'll have true peace of mind. We'll keep your wishes on record and send you a Personalized Portfolio. It's an invaluable tool that enables you to record everything from Insurance Policies to Collections of Valuables.
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Instructions
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Review the Service & Merchandise Options (Caskets, Urns, Vaults, Monuments). Contact us for our price list and detailed descriptions with explanations. Consider all the options and talk to your family about their wishes too. Remember, a funeral is a ceremony for your family ..... a Celebration of Life.
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Complete the Personal Information Register. The Vital Statistics are required to register a death and to obtain a Burial Permit, Cremation Authorization and Proof of Death Certifications. |
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Step 3
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Submit the Personal Information Register online. Or if you prefer you can obtain a printer friendly version of the Personal Informations Register here. Print it up, fill it out and then fax it to 705-429-6093, or mail it to us at
Watts Funeral Home
132 River Rd E
Wasaga Beach, ON L0L 2P0
We will also help you in person or by telephone
at 705-429-1040.
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| We'll record your information and preferences, provide written confirmation of your selection, with current costs, and send you a Personal Advance Planning Portfolio. We'll also send you information on ways you can guarantee the price of the selected services as today's costs through investing in your own Trust Account. |
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Funeral Service Options
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| Traditional Funeral |
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A Full Service Ceremony, our Traditional Funeral package includes your choice of one or two days of visitation with a funeral service on the following day either in our chapel or at your Church. Package includes documentation for either burial or cremation, embalming and transfer to either a cemetery or crematorium via funeral coach.
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Service of Remembrance
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A Life Celebration which includes a funeral service in our Chapel (or any room in the funeral home) or at your Church, with visitation for up to two hours prior to the actual service. The package includes all necessary documentation for either burial or cremation and transfer to either a cemetery or crematorium. |
Immediate Disposition (without visitation or service)
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This package includes transfer from the place of death to the funeral home, necessary preparation, documentation and transfer to crematorium and/or cemetery. In the case of cremation, the cremated remains are returned to the funeral home unless another means of final disposition has been arranged. |
Special Services
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Listening and catering to each families values and beliefs is our tradition. Special services are always available, including post funeral gatherings, services in the home and graveside services. Talk to us about your wishes. |
Reception Centre
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A specialized facility, designed with your families comfort in mind, is located within the funeral home, giving your family and friends uninhibited access. Families have the option of our in- house catering or to arrange their own. |
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Merchandise Options
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Caskets are available in a variety of materials and styles. For "Immediate Disposition" with cremation, where no visiting will take place, you may consider a cremations container in lieu of a casket. Cremation containers are NOT suitable for public visitation. Please request the Funeral Merchandise Price Lists. Available caskets can be seen on our Caskets page |
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An Outer Container (vault) may be required by the cemetery you have selected for burial. Most seal, thus protecting the casket. Please request the Funeral Merchandise Price Lists. Available Outer Containers can be seen on our Vaults page. |
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An Urn is used to contain cremated remains ("ashes") either for burial, placement in a Niche, scattering, transportation abroad or to be treasured by family members. The Urn selection is equal in importance to any other funeral merchandise; many families who choose cremation view their urn selection as an opportunity to memorialize the deceased in a manner which is meaningful and has significance to the life lived. Please request the Funeral Merchandise Price Lists. Available Urns can be seen on our Urns page. |
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A monument, for the final resting place, can be a statement of a loved one's personality and a tribute to his or her life. Additional information can be found on our Monuments page. |
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