Lahaska PA Funeral Home
Lahaska PA Funeral Home
Garefino Funeral Home offers its services to the citizens of Lahaska PA in many ways. For starters, we offer valued information and guidance during that difficult period of life. Looking for a professional funeral service provider now or just planning for the future? We at the Garefino Funeral Home offer all that you require. We show compassion to our clients as well as show great respect all with a professional touch. We also offer quite a number of services that encompass memorial services, traditional funeral services, cremation services as well as services to celebrate life. With us, you will have several choices to choose from, especially one that will be in line with your budget and family requirements at hand.Need additional information about our services, feel free to contact Charlie, our funeral director or his friendly and helpful staff at any time when you need us.
Meeting a Garefino Funeral Director
You should meet up with the funeral director within the twenty-four hours of a loss of a family member, to start funeral arrangements.
Being one of the most challenging times for both you and your family, we at Garefino Funeral home ensure that this period is made less difficult for you and your family. With assistance from our funeral director Charlie Garefino who will help you in making the right decisions concerning the final plans for your loved one. The feeling of being alone disappears once you step into our premises, and we also encourage that you to be accompanied by either a friend or family member during your visit. This is because having an extra shoulder to lean on is quite beneficial. Do not hold back to ask family members, friends or those from your neighborhood to join you during your visit. Most will gladly be willing to support you in such a difficult time.
Making the Right Decisions for Burial or Cremation
It is quite vital to be aware of who empowered to make legal decisions on behalf of the deceased. In the case where the deceased had not expressed his or her wishes nor had they chosen an agent through a Last Will/Testament then the pecking order should be as follows:
- A legal spouse or partner
- A surviving child or children
- A surviving parent
- A surviving adult sibling
- An ex-spouse
- The Parent, if the deceased is a minor child
In order to make the right decisions and sign the required documents, the responsible party should be present during the making of the arrangements
Who to Include In Making the Final Funeral Home Arrangements
It is good to note that it is of vital importance to assign responsibilities during such a planning period. Therefore, you can include your children, other family members as well as your friends who would like to offer a helping hand. Despite not being part of the legal team, their input is very valuable and of great significance. You could be surprised with the kind of assistance you get from them. Doing this may be part of the healing process and recovery from the loss of your loved one. When you know that someone could be of great assistance to you during the funeral planning arrangements, then you should always ask for their help.
Collecting the Required Documents
For the family members left behind, death is not only seen as an emotional matter but a legal matter, too. Since both life and death are full of legalities, you will be required to completely fill in some important documents. Based on our experience, the first thing to do when it comes to preparing for the final part of the burial of your loved one is to get cremation or burial permit as well as the death certificate.
The burial permit and the death certificate should be completed with the correct details. So, when you are bringing in the document for completion, make sure that you have following documents with you:
- The birth certificate of the deceased, or if you don’t have it, you should at least know their parents names including the maiden name of their mother.
- Their SSN (Social Security Number
- The discharge papers of the deceased issued by the military
- The funeral pre-arrangement document, if available
- Revocable living trust
- Attorney or Durable power or for healthcare of the deceased
- Testament and any Codicils or last will
- Cemetery information, if available
Those are the key documents that you will need to bring along when visiting our funeral home to take care of the last rights for the deceased. If you still aren’t sure where you can get these documents, or you probably have any question regarding these documents, kindly contact us. We are available to you at any time.
