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Helping you get California Burial Insurance regardless of health.

Think outside of the box!

Expensive funeral charges you can eliminate. Most of these expenses are related to the final viewing your decomposing body. The view of my drawn visage is personally not how I want my relatives to remember me.



Remember, every penny you save will by more your relatives can party with, I mean use towards their expenses.

Small face value policies  Viewing
Small face value policies  Visitation
burial insurance through a funeral home  Embalming
immediate benefit or graded  Dressing
enough burial insurance  Hearse
burial insurance if you are healthy  Expensive grave liner
group life insurance plan  Expensive headstone
increase coverage on your current life insurance  Opening and closing the grave
pre-paid funeral MAY be cheaper  Makeup
pre-paid funeral MAY be cheaper  Expensive sealer caskets

Because the funeral service is really for your relatives (it's questionable if you'll be enjoying it) communicate your wishes openly:

Terminally ill  Talk to your family about what they would like in a funeral
Terminally ill  Once you have a plan, make sure all your relatives have a copy
Terminally ill  Carry a card with relatives phone numbers in case of your death or accident
Terminally ill  If you decide on cremation, sign your permit ahead of time
Terminally ill  Have a memorial service at a church, park, home or favorite place of the deceased
Terminally ill  Have you or your family do most of the planning instead of the funeral home staff
Terminally ill  Consider an inexpensive non sealing metal casket in 20 gauge steel
Terminally ill  Donate the deceased body to medicine
Terminally ill  Consider immediate cremation and scattering ashes in a favorite spot
Terminally ill  Consider an immediate burial with no embalming or viewing
Terminally ill  Pay your final respects before the body is picked up to avoid having to pay for the viewing
Terminally ill  Use a low cost enclosure with the deceased's favorite personal effects and clothing
Terminally ill  Contact your local memorial society (1-800-765-0107 national directory)
Terminally ill  As always, shop several different mortuaries