Vital statistics about the deceased

• Birthdate & Birthplace
• Father’s name
• Mother’s name
• Social Security Number
• Veteran’s Discharge or Claim Number
• Education
• Marital status

Obituary information (We will write the notice with you and submit it to the newspaper)

• Age
• Place of birth
• Cause of death
• Occupation
• College Degrees
• Memberships held
• Military service
• Outstanding work
• List of survivors in immediate family
• Give time and place of services
• Charities for memorial contributions

Arrangements for out-of-town visitors
In addition you may want to:

• Find someone to help answer sympathetic phone calls, cards and letters, as well as greet friends and relatives when they call.
• Decide appropriate memorial to which gifts may be made (church, hospice, etc.).
• Prepare list of distant persons to be notified by letter/or printed notice and decide which to send.
• Locate the will and notify lawyer and executor.
• Check carefully all life and casualty insurance and death benefits including social security, credit union, fraternal and military.
• Check promptly on all debts and installment payments, including credit cards. Some carry insurance clauses that cancel balances upon death.
• Notify utilities and landlord and tell post office where to send mail (if deceased was living alone).