At Caywood’s we encourage people to ask
questions and to compare services, facilities and cost between funeral homes.
People do not realize that these can vary greatly from place to place.
Pre planning has become more popular in recent
years and allows a person yet one more decision in life and that is how they
will be handled in death.
~ Pre planning can be simply notifying us that
you desire to have yours services handled by our funeral home and sharing vital
information with us that will be needed at the time of death along with what
kind of service you would like to have.
~ You may also decide to look at and select
merchandise be it a casket outer interment receptacle or an urn or urn vault.
~ Lastly you have the option to pay in advance
for your funeral. This money is then set aside in a burial trust account in your
name and in New York State can only be used by the funeral home at the time of
death.
At Caywood’s we also offer a structured way
of saving money in your own pre need account over time. You send in your payment
monthly, which goes into your account and allows you to pay in advance. You may
also decide to use an insurance policy which will be used toward services at the
time of death.
Not all funeral homes guarantee their charges
not to increase over time. WE DO IN WRITING. We guarantee our services
facilities and merchandise charges. This takes the worry out of future cost for
your loved ones.
We also assist families in transferring their
pre need accounts over to Caywood’s and we will honor all existing agreements
providing you have the original paper work. Even
if your current agreement is not price guaranteed when you transfer it to
Caywood’s it will be.
The most important thing you can do is make
your wishes known to your family.
At Caywood’s we explain to families that should
death occur away from home you should always call your hometown funeral home who
will be handling the services. Many times a family could have saved a
great deal of cost had they simply contacted their hometown funeral home. We
can handle all the aspects of returning a loved one back to Southport from
anywhere in the world.
Our constant obligation is to keep cost within
reason. A family should never have to be short changed on service because of
finances.