The Funeral Wishes Module
Disposition and service preferences recorded so the family doesn't have to guess during grief — burial or cremation, any pre-paid arrangement, the form of the service, obituary guidance, and a personal note.
Text file — the flexible one. Use it as-is, open it in any editor, or paste it into an AI tool to reshape the blank form to fit your family: rename a field, add a row, drop one you don't need.
Print / PDF — the ready-to-use one. Print it and fill it in by hand, or choose Save as PDF and complete it in your own offline PDF app. Either way it stays with you — the finished Secure Guide template goes inside your Vault.
One rule: only ever give an AI tool the blank template. Never paste your real information — passwords, account numbers, anything you'd keep secret — into an AI tool, an online service, or anywhere outside your own Vault. Customizing an empty form is fine; filling it in happens privately, offline. That's the same rule this site follows: nothing sensitive ever leaves your hands.
Secure Guide Starter Template
This template belongs in The Secure Guide, stored within The Vault. Update whenever preferences or pre-paid arrangements change.
| Decision | Preference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Service Covered | Policy / Contract Number | Contact | Document Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Preference |
|---|---|
Key life events to include, people to acknowledge, organizations or affiliations to mention, anything to omit, and a draft obituary or notes.
Space for a personal message, written by the planner in their own voice.
Family Guide Starter Template
This template belongs in The Family Guide. It summarizes the wishes and the first call to make.
A summary of disposition preference, service preference, whether a pre-paid arrangement exists (provider and contact), and burial location or ashes preference. Full details are in The Secure Guide.
Funeral home or provider (name, phone). If a pre-paid arrangement is in place, contact the provider before making any other arrangements.
Notes for the obituary are in The Secure Guide; key items to include are summarized here.
Optional personal message, written by the planner.