Five Generations of Dignified Service
Established 1904
Pre-need Insurance
& Burial Trusts
Church & Charitable Organizations
Contact Information
9445 West 31st Street
Brookfield, Illinois 60513
708-485-2000
773-521-3808
Fax 708-485-2002
| Click here to download a printable checklist. | |
| Funeral Checklist | |
| Information about the deceased needed by the funeral home: | |
| Social Security Number | |
| Birth date | |
| Birthplace | |
| Fathers name | |
| Mothers name | |
| Education | |
| Marital status | |
| Veterans Discharge or Claim Number, if a veteran | |
| Clergys name | |
| Cemetery papers, if there is a cemetery plot | |
| Current Photograph | |
| Obituary information (Hitzeman Funeral home will usually write the article and submit it to the newspaper): | |
| Age | |
| Place of birth | |
| Occupation | |
| Education | |
| Memberships held | |
| Military service | |
| Outstanding work | |
| List of family members | |
| Time and place of services | |
| Charities and addresses for memorial contributions | |
| People to Notify: | |
| Hitzeman Funeral Home | |
| Relatives and friends | |
| Pallbearers | |
| Insurance Agents | |
| Banks | |
| Attorney | |
| Unions and Fraternal Organizations | |
| Things you will be asked to select: | |
| Cemetery property | |
| Funeral service | |
| Casket | |
| Vault or outer container | |
| Clothing | |
| Flowers | |
| Music | |
| Thank you announcements | |
| Transportation | |
| Time and place for funeral | |
| Time and place for visitation | |
| In addition you may need to: | |
| Make arrangements for out-of-town visitors | |
| Select a relative or friend to help answer sympathetic phone calls, cards and letters | |
| Decide appropriate memorial to which gifts may be made (church, hospice, etc.). | |
| Prepare list of distant persons to be notified by letter/or printed notice and decide which to send. | |
| Locate the will and notify lawyer and executor. | |
| Check carefully all life and casualty insurance and death benefits including social security, credit union, fraternal and military. | |
| Check promptly on all debts and installment payments, including credit cards. Some carry insurance clauses that cancel balances upon death. | |
| Notify utilities and landlord and tell post office where to send mail (if deceased was living alone). | |
| Examples of assets, each requiring a certified copy of the death certificate: | |
| Home | |
| Cars | |
| Pensions | |
| Stocks | |
| Bonds | |
| Insurance policies | |
| Bank, checking and brokerage accounts | |
| Click here to download a printable checklist. | |
Todd N. Hitzeman ~ President
info@hitzemanfuneral.com
Phone 708-485-2000 Phone 773-521-3808 Fax 708-485-2002
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