MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
One of the most difficult situations we deal with in life is when someone close to us passes away. With the pressure of grieving and trying to organise everything, sometimes we’re unsure of what to do and how to go about organising the next step of having your loved one taken care of.
This small guide has been written to help you understand the process once someone passes away and the duties involved with you and your funeral director.
If you have found yourself needing urgent help, call us on 0800 266 662 and our team will do our best to ensure that your needs are taken care of and make this is as easy as possible for you and your family.
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OUR GUIDE TO ARRANGING A FUNERAL
1. CONTACT FRIENDS & FAMILY
There is no rush to have your loved one uplifted and transferred immediately. Use this time to contact family and friends and
have them come to support you while you spend this precious time with your loved one.
2. CONTACT A DOCTOR
Contact your family doctor or the doctor of the hospice. The doctor will come attend and sight the death after which they will issue you with a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death. Keep this document and give it to your funeral director when they arrive.
3. CONTACT POLICE
If you don’t have a doctor, or, under some circumstances, you will need to ring police who will organise and arrange for the body to be uplifted and taken to the coroner for a medical examination.
4. CONACT TIPENE FUNERALS
Contact us on 0800 266 662, 24 Hours a Day, 7 days a Week. We will make arrangements with you for your loved one and discuss the different options available.
The entire process if your loved one is being embalmed takes approximately 2.5 to 3 hours. Sometimes this is a little longer depending on the situation and cause of passing. At Tipene Funerals, we understand that its difficult being separated from your loved one, so we try our best to turn most funeral arrangements around within a 6 hour timeframe for you to be reunited again.
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