Advance funeral planning with Colliers
THERE comes a time in all our lives when it’s natural to think about loved ones and what we’d like to leave them. Not the strain of funeral costs, obviously, or the worry of choosing the arrangements. By taking out a funeral plan through Colliers with Golden Charter, you can spare your loved ones this unnecessary distress and expense. You choose the funeral you want and you pay for your funeral director’s services at today’s prices, saving you money and providing welcome peace of mind.
Once your funeral plan is in place and paid for, no matter how much the services of your funeral director may rise in cost in years to come, neither you nor your loved one will be asked for a euro more for them.
There are some costs that are paid on your behalf by the funeral director. These third party costs include payments to crematorium, cemetery, musicians, clergy, media notices, etc. Each plan includes an allowance to cover third party costs that are not within your funeral director’s control. Only if these costs were to increase more than the growth of the plan would there be a balance to pay at the time of the funeral. There is a one-off plan administration fee (presently €249). This fee covers all Golden Charter’s costs in setting up the plan and the work involved in the preparation of the funeral arrangements. The funeral plan may be paid with the option of easy monthly instalments over 12 or 24 months or a single, once-off payment. To insure your money is secure, a legally separate trust administers the f unds.
Finally, on past evidence, a funeral plan with Golden Charter gives you better value-for-money than Bank, Credit Union or Building Society. THE passing of a loved one is a difficult time for anyone to endure. You can express your lasting farewell by presenting a personal tribute of your loved one with a Memorial Card. Many family and friends safeguard Memorial Cards for many years as a remembrance of their loved ones. Companies specialising in this service will offer a variety of religious or perhaps even non denominational options.
Samples will often arrive in your post box following the announcement of a death in the newspaper; many companies also have websites where you can view a large selection. Memorial cards can be personalised and some of the newer companies now offer a card more specific to the person where they can include their own verses, photographs of the person’s home or scenic vistas.
A memorial card is usually created and distributed to others approximately three - eight months following the passing of a loved one; however this is entirely at the family’s discretion.
An Acknowledgement Card is often sent along with the memorial card - generally to those who have sent on Mass Cards or sympathy cards or who aided or participated in the arrangements. Immortalise your loved one for eternity Headstones service as an eternal memorial to your loved one - surviving on into the future for generations.
There is a huge selection of headstones to choose from in all shapes and sizes in a variety of mediums from granite to marble to bronze to limestone and much more. Sculptures, religious deities, open books, Celtic crosses, hearts, winged angels...the choice is endless.
Technology has also evolved to allow personal touches such as the superimposing of an image of the deceased on the headstone itself.
Headstone sculptors are talented individuals who will realise your vision incorporating the design into the finished product .If you have specific ideas you may purchase your headstone in advance or as a family, following the passing of a loved one, you may come together to immortalise and commemorate the final resting place of your loved one.
Headstones are normally erected six months following the internment of a loved one; if the person has been cremated, this period can be shorter.