Immediate Need Checklist

• Call Church Funeral Services at any hour.
• Contact your clergy.
• Draw family close for support.
• Make a list of family, friends and colleagues to be notified. Enlist help.
• Gather information for the obituary.
• Choose a location for the service.
• We will help you acquire copies of the death certificate.
• Coordinate childcare, cooking and other responsibilities.
• Arrange for hospitality for visiting family and friends.
• Select pall bearers.
• Plan for the disposition of flowers after the service.
• Choose charities to receive gifted items.
• Prepare a list for acknowledgments and thank you notes.
• Notify insurance companies.
• Identify the executor of the will.
• Notify banks if Social Security was being collected. We can help with these forms.
• Turn any social media to ‘memorial accounts.’
• Check on all debts, payments and other ongoing obligations.
• If the deceased was living alone, notify utilities, landlords and post offices.

Please call for immediate assistance.

225-293-4174 – Baton Rouge
225-644-9683 – St. Amant
225-271-4574 – Walker