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Advance Planning

Advance planning can benefit your family.

You have provided for their security with insurance and hospital care but today more families are learning the wisdom of selecting memorial property in advance of need. Thoughtful people know this planning provides greater family protection.

More than half the families who purchase memorial property in Swan Point do so before the need is upon them. In this way they discharge a family duty before an emergency strikes.

Statistics show that nationally two out of three final arrangements are made by widows yet one of life’s most difficult decisions need not be made alone at a time of bereavement. Families should be able to consult together and decide sensibly what would be best for all ahead of time.

No estate planning is complete until the memorial property has been provided. Furthermore, it should be paid for out of income rather than depending on insurance funds which otherwise would be reserved for the survivors.

The advantages of advance planning are obvious and logical. A representative of Swan Point can show you how to avoid or to lessen the problems every family must face someday.

Selecting memorial property now is preferable because:

1. Decisions are easier.
Everyone is familiar with the plight of a survivor desperately trying to make final arrangements at a time of crisis. The climate is usually one of grief and confusion.
2. Selections are better.
Unhurried, rational selections are usually superior to those made in the emergency of an at need situation. A husband and a wife who have made all others important decisions together can be faced with making this important decision alone. Before need, you have selections. At need, you take what is available.
3. The prices are lower.
At least they can be. Selecting memorial property now is a hedge against the spiraling costs which have governed the economy. Extended payment plans are another advantage of advance-of-need purchases.
4. The security you gain is genuine.
You have the assurance of owning now property no family can do without. The property you select will gain in value over the years while the dollar value of insurance, if economic trends continue, will be reduced.
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