An easy way to reduce the stress on your loved ones at your passing is to provide funeral instructions. These instructions may include the treatment of your remains (cremation or burial), treatment of your organs, type of memorial service, and grave marker. Oftentimes, your will is not read until after the funeral, so putting these instructions there would not be helpful. Instead, you should give these instructions to your estate executor and make other family members aware of your wishes. Also, it is best to have a funding plan in place to help with any funeral expenses; you would not want loved ones being strapped with this burden as well.
See Ettinger Law Firm, Back to Basics: Funeral Instructions as Part of Your Estate Plan, New York Estate Planning Attorney Blog, July 10, 2016.
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.
