Funeral Services

Planning a funeral can often be an overwhelming task for family members. There are hundreds of decisions to be made and arrangements to confirm. Being prepared can relieve some of the stress that immediately follows a loss. With Funeral Services by Dignity Memorial®, you and your extended family are eligible for a range of benefits that can help alleviate the financial and emotional burdens of planning a funeral.

• Get step-by-step assistance from a representative who guides you on how to make final arrangements, plan a service in advance, or respond to an unexpected death
  
• Save 10% on all funeral or cremation products and services selected at Dignity Memorial affiliated funeral homes¹
  
• Save 10% on cemetery interment rights, products, and services through Dignity Memorial affiliated cemeteries²
  
• Receive National Transferability on prearranged services within our network³
  
• Receive 13 months of unlimited telephone grief support through the Compassion Helpline^®4
  
• Includes bereavement travel services for family and friends

1. Where available by law. 10% savings is not available in all states nor does it apply to cash advance items. On already discounted Dignity Memorial plans, employee/member is entitled to the greater of the two discounts.

Funeral Services FAQ

These benefits are available to you, your spouse or domestic partner, your children (natural, adopted, or stepchildren), and the parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents of both you and your spouse or domestic partner.

Service, quality and value can vary widely among funeral providers. Pre-planning a funeral allows you to research different providers in advance so you can be comfortable with their services, expertise, facility, and ability to accommodate your specific desires. If you fund your pre-planned funeral, you'll want to make sure your pre-need funds are secure and held in trust or used to purchase an insurance policy from a third-party provider.

It is important to choose a provider whose staff is helpful, knowledgeable, experienced, and professional -- one that can provide the information, guidance and options that best meet your family's emotional, spiritual, cultural, and economic needs.

Yes. Whether the ceremony is elaborate or simple, today's funerals are often individualized to reflect the life lived. You can personalize a funeral service by incorporating music, photos, mementos, decorations, catering, and more to reflect the unique accomplishments, passions, hobbies or activities that characterized the life of the decedent.

No. There is great benefit in pre-planning your funeral, even if you do not pay for it in advance, which is called "pre-funding." When you pre-plan, you can still make your wishes known to your loved ones, alleviating them from the burden of making tough decisions when the time comes. However, if you pay for ("pre-fund") your pre-planned funeral in advance, you can lock in today's prices for services and merchandise which may be more expensive in the future.

Prearranged funeral services made with a Dignity Memorial funeral provider are fully transferable and will be honored by any of the funeral providers in the Dignity Memorial network. If you move more than 75 miles from your original place of residence, your prearranged plan moves with you. If there is no Dignity Memorial provider in your new location, we will attempt to find another provider to honor the guaranteed price. If a firm other than a Dignity Memorial funeral home is used, a transfer arrangement is usually available. However, there is no guarantee that those firms will honor all costs as laid out on the prearranged contract. National transferability is subject to certain terms and conditions.