The Retirement Newsletter: Planning my funeral

Issue Number: -85 — planning ahead is not a bad thing

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Welcome

Welcome to issue number -85. This week, I will look at planning my funeral.

This might seem morbid to some, but why not plan your funeral so you get the funeral you want?

I recently attended a funeral which seemed to have no connection to the person who died. The funeral was awful. The music was not the type of music the person liked. The eulogy missed key moments in the person’s life. The whole thing felt wrong. So, this got me thinking about my funeral and what I would want.

Planning for my funeral

If you have read any of my previous newsletters, you know that I like to plan and make lists. I can’t help it. It’s in my nature. Hence, I have started to make a list for my funeral.

I realised that there would be five parts to my funeral, and the first stage would occur before I was dead. That is, my end of life care. Next would be the preparations for the funeral, the service or memorial I wanted, and any post-funeral events.

So, as I see it, there are five stages:

1. End of life care.
2. Pre-funeral organisation and events.