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Funeral Expenses Broken Down
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Funeral Expenses Broken Down

MOVING on to the afterlife is an expensive proposition for Americans today – figures from the National Funeral Directors Association show the average 2020 funeral costs more than $7,000. And that is a pretty basic, no-frills affair without many of the items people expect such as flowers, obituaries, and headstones. As well as dealing with the grief and mourning of losing a loved one – especially if the death was unexpected – the nearest and dearest have to find a way to pay for the costs of a funeral.

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End-of-Life Peace of Mind: Planning Ahead for Funeral and Burial Expenses
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End-of-Life Peace of Mind: Planning Ahead for Funeral and Burial Expenses

Many of us would consider ourselves “planners.” We make financial plans for everything in our lives—our weddings, vacations, retirement, the births of our children. But, somehow it’s harder to sit down and plan out the details of our funeral—deciding how we’d like to be buried, discovering the cost of our preferred burial method, and then creating a plan for covering that expense.

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