Digging Deep For Your Funeral
We all know that funerals cost an arm and a leg and Granddad’s funeral is not the time to be haggling with the undertaker, so we maybe just accept what we have to for fear of looking stingy, but that’s the way it has to be isn’t it? We have to have a funeral director right? Wrong! So how’s this for a stunning bit of news? There is no legal requirement for a funeral to be managed by a funeral director. That’s right, you can do the whole thing yourself. Sound a bit daunting? Well maybe and that is where this site comes in, giving you all the details you need so that you are prepared to see off anyone at a moments notice, armed with all the information you need.
But before you start shopping around for old aunties coffin ‘cos the last time you saw her she looked a bit peaky remember that although there is no legal requirement in law to hire an undertaker there are plenty of legal requirements with regard to anyone who has died. If someone dies at home, they must be pronounced dead, (usually by the family doctor) as soon as possible. If a certificate cannot be issued because the patient has not been seen for a while or is away from home, the coroner and police may have to be involved. If someone dies in hospital you can buy a coffin from a funeral director and pick up the body from the mortuary and take it away in your own car or van.
You can make your own arrangements with the place at which you wan the service for the deceased to take place and get a list of local celebrants of whatever type of funeral you fancy. That can take any form at all, poems readings, reminiscences. But perhaps the best thing is that it will be affordable and maybe have a more personal touch if you have done everything yourself.
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