Child-Grandchild Protection!
Throughout the 30 years that I have spent in the funeral
service field, it is the ever-so-often occurrence, the
unfortunate passing of a child or grandchild that opens a
floodgate of emotions. The impact of the loss affects
everyone involved, igniting and emphasizing the critical
stages of grief characterized by shock, despair, anger,
denial, and helplessness, which eventually leads way to
realization and acceptance. On top of all the emotional
baggage, we the death-care professionals must toss the
economic and financial needs of the sad event.
I must say that on a career reflection, dealing with dollars
at that inopportune time in ones life creates a magnitude of
challenges as a sincere service provider. A true public
servant searches endlessly for the Golden Fleece, the tools,
that magic wand to wave, and make every trying situation
better for all. What possible blanket of comfort can a
mortician wrap his family in to shun them from the wrath of
an untimely death? The answer is not that easy but for many
cutting-edge funeral directors, an option to make it easier
on the worst day of someones life is at hand!
Introducing the Child Grandchild Protection Program. A
responsibility to inform families and to educate the
community lies within this writing. Could it be that by
planning and paying for ones own funeral or cremation
service, a family protection feature is built right in?
Absolutely, dollar-for-dollar funeral service and
merchandise coverage for every natural child or grandchild
of the purchasing planner under the age of 18 years,
unmarried, and living at home!
So whats the catch? Just another ploy or promotional attempt
by a salesperson, I think not! To create an umbrella of
security by planning for ones own demise is the most loving
thing you can do for your family. So when I am posed with
the questions, Why should I plan and pay for a funeral or
cremation service? The answer is, for your own peace of mind
and assurances that the most difficult day in your life or
the life of loved ones might be a little easier. A
protection that is better to have and not need than to need
and not have!
Not all funeral homes offer such a progressive feature to
pre-paid plans. However, if they did, it might just become
the reason youll call for an arrangement appointment!
Rob Ferguson is a PA Licensed Funeral Director and Past
President of the Westmoreland Indiana Armstrong County
Funeral Directors Association. He can be reached at
fergfh@verizon.net.