For questions related to funeral expenses, funeral services, etc.
Questions tagged [funeral]
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Are funeral plots a good investment?
At the risk of sounding morbid, is it worth looking into cemetery plots/mausoleum storage? Is it correct to assume that these costs will increase over time?
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Does life insurance cover one's funeral costs, or should I save for it separately? How much?
What is common practice? What does it usually cost? Should I be thinking about this?
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How to plan for "Final Expenses" for an elderly parent?
A number of years ago, my father purchased a pre-need funeral plan and cemetery plot for himself and my mother. As he is getting on in years, I am looking at what planning needs to be done so that when he passes I am not caught unprepared. In the…
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Prepaid funeral expenses 15 years ago, with 3.6% interest, should estate get some money back?
My wife and I are executors of the estate of a recently deceased neighbor with no family. She had very little. She had prepaid for her funeral, which of course was very small during the current pandemic. The director was vague about things…
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