Florida Legacy Cremation Services walks with you and family in your time of sorrow. Whether you are going to have your loved one's final services in Florida, or you need to make arrangements out of state, we can help with prompts service and low cremation costs.
Why Use Cremation Services?
Many residents of Florida choose cremation for different reasons. Retirees often come to Southern Florida to enjoy their golden years. The weather is great, the golf courses are plentiful, and so is the sunshine. Unfortunately, this also means that many retirees will pass away here too, while their old friends and family may be states away.
Knowing this many retirees are pre-planning their own cremation services to give their survivors a less stressful way to deal with their passing. When pre-planning their own arrangements people can take their time and look over what choices there are for their final resting place and have a chance to consider the final price of a funeral or cremation costs.
Many families also do this to relieve some of the stress they know their family will have once they pass away, especially if families members are scattered throughout the USA. At Legacy Cremation Services in Florida, we understand this, and can help residents who want to be able to pre-plan their own services.
Cremation costs are much lower than the price of funeral services, and many retirees are looking for ways to save money. Many families who use our family owned business tell us that this is now a major reason for them choosing cremation services. Funeral prices can run well over $10,000 dollars, while cremation costs are less than half of that. Cost is a great concern especially if a person has a spouse that they worry about, they want to make sure that their loved one will be able to keep on living the lifestyle they were used to instead of spending the money on a large funeral service.
Another reason we have been told that people are choosing cremation more than ever before, is that cremation services are easier to arrange and the ashes can remain in an urn until the family can get together for a memorial service.
How Legacy Cremation Services Helps
Legacy is there any time of day or night to answer the call when someone passes away. We never close, not even one day out of the year. We will explain about the choices you have right over the phone if your need is immediate, and even discuss funeral and cremation costs. If you have a little time before you need to make final decisions we will come to your home if that is easier for you. Will explain the differences in the services, bring brochures that show you examples of what choices you have for caskets if you decide on funeral services, urns for cremation and the newer pendants families are purchasing to place some of their loved one's ashes in.
We will also discuss how we can prepare transportation for you and the departed if you need to travel, or how we can arrange travel accommodations for family and friends that will be coming to Florida from out of state for the services.
If you decide to use Legacy, Florida's' most trusted cremation services, we will gather some information from you, such as the departed's birth certificate, drivers license, proof of residence, Social Security number, information if they were a Veteran and any life insurance papers.
We need the insurance papers only if you would like us to file on your behalf. We will also file for Social Security and any Veterans benefits, plus, we make the arrangements with the National Cemetery for a Veterans burial and service. We do this at no extra funeral or cremation costs to you.
End of Life Services
As for memorial services or funerals in Florida, we at Legacy Cremation Services suggest helping you with a celebration of life ceremony as opposed to a somber traditional funeral homes service. Many families are now choosing this over the 3 day viewing and visitation that can be extremely hard on a family.
With a celebration of life cremation memorial or funeral, articles are brought in that remind people of the good times and the unique life that your loved one lived. These items are placed around a hall, restaurant, or visitation room of a funeral home so that every one who comes to pay their respects will be able to get a better sense of who their loved one was, and what they really enjoyed in life.
We will walk with you in sorrow until the very end of the services and beyond, with the grief counseling we offer. Legacy cremation Services is trusted for its unique services, prompt attention, dealing with all of the details, and affordable cremation costs.