A) Secure Vital Statistics. (Required for burial permit.)

*1. Name, home address and telephone number.
*2. How long at present address.
*3. Name of business. address and telephone number.
*4. Occupation and title.
*5. Social Security number.
*6. Military Service Identification Number, same as Service number.                     
*7. Date of Birth.
*8. Place of Birth.
*9. Citizenship.
*10. Father's name.
*11. Father's birthplace.
*12. Mother's maiden name.
*13. Mother's birthplace.
*14. Religious name (if any).

B) Pay for some or all of the following:

*15. Funeral Arrangements.
*16. Interment Service Fees.
*17. Clergy.
*18. Florist.
*19. Clothing.
*20. Cemetery Burial Property.
*21. Memorials Granite/Bronze.
22. Transportation.
23. Telephone and Telegraph.
24. Food and Accommodations.
25. Doctors.
26. Nurses.
27. Hospitals and Ambulance.
28. Medicine and Drugs.
29. Other current and urgent bills (mortgage or rent, taxes, installment payments).

C) Collect Documents (Required to establish rights for insurance, pensions, social security, ownership, relationship, etc.).

*30. Will
*32. Social Security Number.
*33. Marriage License.
*34. Citizenship Papers.
*35. Insurance Policies. (life, disability, & health)
*36. Bank Books.
*37. Deeds to Property.
*38. Bill of Sale of car.
39. Income tax returns, receipts, or canceled cheques.
*40. Military discharge certificate.
*41. Disability claims.
*42. Cemetery Certificate of Ownership.

D) Decide and Arrange within a Few Hours:

*43. Which funeral home.
*44. Place where service is to be held.
45. Time of Funeral Service.
*46. Casket type.
*47. Clothing for deceased.
*48. Vault or sectional crypt.
*49. Type of service (religious, military. fraternal).
*50. Special selection from scriptures.
51. Clergy to officiate.
*52. Decide name of charitable organization(s) to which donations are suggested in memory of deceased.
*53. Providing information for eulogy.
 54. Select pall bearers.
55. Flowers.
*56. Music.
*57. Cemetery lot location and which space to open
*58. Memorial type and inscription
59. Clothing for you and your children.
60. Preparation at home, including food for family and guests.
*61. Extra chairs.
62. Transportation for family and guests. Including planning funeral car list.
63. Checking and signing necessary papers for burial permit.
*64. Obituary.
*65. Providing telephone numbers for all interested people.
66. Answering sympathetic phone calls, messages, wires, and letters.
*67. Meeting and talking with funeral director, cemetery representative, clergy, about all details.
68. Greeting all friends and relatives who call.
69. Arranging for meeting relatives who arrive from out of town.
70. Providing lodging for out of town relatives.
*71. Make list of donations and floral tributes sent for mailing card of thanks.
*72. Arranging for special religious services.
73. Check Will regarding special wishes.
74. Order Death Certificate.
75. Look after minor children.

E) Notify as soon as possible:

76. The funeral director.
77. The doctor.
78. The cemetery.
79. Relatives.
80. Friend.
81. Employer of deceased.
82. Employers of relatives not going to work.
83. Pallbearers.
84. Insurance agents. (Life, Disability & Health)
85. Religious, fraternal, civic, veteran organizations, unions.
86. Newspapers regarding notices.
87. Attorney, accountant and executor of estate