Why Should I Plan Ahead?
Not everyone likes to plan ahead, but pre-planning your funeral arrangements not only gives you peace of mind about your final wishes being honored, but alleviates some of the stress and burden your loved ones are going through as they experience the grief associated with the loss.
The staff of Joseph J. Stutz, Inc. Funeral Home
is happy to assist you with your funeral pre-needs by helping you make decisions about your funeral service in advance and guide you in helping eliminate some of the unnecessary stress brought on by a loved one’s death.
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Benefits of Preplanning
It's Easy
You can take your time creating arrangements that best suit your needs and preferences, and all you have to do is fill out a form or meet with a member of our staff to put your plan in place. Anyone can create a plan, at any stage in their life, and you can make changes at a later date if you wish.
Let's You Decide How You Want To Be Remembered
Creating your own unique life celebration allows you to make sure that your wishes and desires are respected upon your passing. However you decide to be memorialized, pre-planning and preparation gives you control over the personal decisions that must be made when a person moves on from this life. Planning can be meaningful for your family, as well, if you choose to include them in the process. It can help them to feel connected to you both in life and in death, knowing that your arrangements reflect exactly what you envisioned them to be.
Relieves The Burden From Friends & Family
When a loved one passes, the family faces an overwhelming number of tasks and decisions, all while struggling through grief and a range of difficult emotions. By taking care of your arrangements before the time of need, you’re relieving them of that burden and giving them more time and energy to focus on healing and remembrance. They won’t have to ask themselves, “Am I making the right choices?” and can instead focus on what matters: saying goodbye and celebrating your life journey with those who cared about you most.
It Gives You The Ability To Prepay
While pre-funding your funeral is certainly not required in order to pre-plan, pre-payment means that your funds will be set aside and protected against inflation and unforeseen increases in cost. Your family won’t have to worry about payment, and can enjoy peace of mind knowing that everything has been taken care of. We’d be happy to provide you with more information and help you arrange for pre-funding of your services.
With LCBA You Get Benefits You Can Use Now!
Most providers will tell you that when you purchase life insurance you're buying peace of mind: the certainty that if you die unexpectedly and your income goes away, the people who depend on you won't be left without financial resources. That's true and wonderful. It's also the primary benefit LCBA offers.
But wouldn't it be nice to get something you can use TODAY in exchange for the premiums you pay? When you purchase an LCBA insurance certificate or annuity, you do! You become a member of a fraternal benefit society: a not-for-profit organization that operates under the "common bond" of Christianity and returns earnings from the sale of financial service products to our members in the form of discount/value added benefits and support service projects through our member branches in their communities.
Your member benefits include things like scholarships and discounts. Does this add to the cost of your life insurance or annuity? NOT ONE PENNY! It's just what we do with our net proceeds instead of paying shareholders like our for-profit competitors.
