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The 4 guides in the set
After a Death: The Family ChecklistWhat to do in the first hours, the first week and the first months: calls, documents, benefits, accounts and taxes29 pages · $29See inside
Arranging a Funeral: Your Rights, the Prices, Every DecisionThe FTC Funeral Rule in plain words, the price list line by line, and every choice from burial or cremation to the last detail of the service25 pages · $29See inside
Writing and Delivering a EulogyFrom a blank page to the last line said aloud: finding the stories, building the speech, timing it, and getting through it25 pages · $24See inside
Planning a Celebration of LifeChoosing the format, the date and the place, building the program, sharing the work, and hosting a gathering that sounds like them26 pages · $24See inside
Why the four together
The guides follow the weeks after a death in order: the first calls and documents, the arrangement meeting, the words for the service, and the gathering that may come later. They refer to each other where the tasks meet (the death certificates, the obituary, the veterans benefits, the ashes), so the family has one consistent plan instead of four separate ones.
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Sources cited in the guides
- USAGov, "Agencies to notify when someone dies" (last updated August 31, 2026), read on October 22, 2026.
- USAGov, "How to get a certified copy of a death certificate" (last updated November 17, 2025), read on October 22, 2026.
- USAGov, "Report the death of a Social Security or Medicare beneficiary" (last updated August 31, 2026), read on October 22, 2026.
- Social Security Administration, "What to do when someone dies", read on October 22, 2026.
- Social Security Administration, "Lump-sum death payment", read on October 22, 2026.
- Internal Revenue Service, "File the final income tax returns of a deceased person", read on October 22, 2026.
- Internal Revenue Service, Publication 559 (2025), "Survivors, Executors, and Administrators", read on October 22, 2026.
- Internal Revenue Service, "Estate tax", read on October 22, 2026.
- Federal Trade Commission, "FTC Issues Final Policy Statement on Collecting Debts of Deceased Persons", press release, July 20, 2011.
- California Department of Insurance, "Locate a life insurance policy" (NAIC Life Insurance Policy Locator), read on October 22, 2026.
- USAGov, "Find unclaimed money from the government" (last updated September 24, 2025), read on October 22, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Burial flags to honor Veterans and Reservists", read on October 22, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Veterans burial allowance and transportation benefits", read on October 22, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery", read on October 22, 2026.
- VA National Cemetery Administration, "Military Funeral Honors", read on October 22, 2026.
- Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice, "The FTC Funeral Rule", read on October 22, 2026.
- Federal Trade Commission, "Complying with the Funeral Rule" (business guidance), read on October 22, 2026.
- Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice, "Funeral Costs and Pricing Checklist", read on October 22, 2026.
- Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice, "Shopping for Funeral Services", read on October 22, 2026.
- Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice, "Planning Your Own Funeral", read on October 22, 2026.
- National Funeral Directors Association, "2023 NFDA General Price List Study", news release, 2023.
- National Funeral Directors Association, "NFDA Releases 2025 Cremation & Burial Report", 2025.
- Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. Department of Justice), "Victim Compensation", read on October 22, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Veterans headstones and markers" (last updated December 15, 2025), read on October 22, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Presidential Memorial Certificates", read on October 22, 2026.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Burial at Sea", read on October 22, 2026.
- Brysbaert M. (2019). How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate. Journal of Memory and Language, 109, 104047.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 988lifeline.org, read on October 22, 2026.
- Norton M. I., Gino F. (2014). Rituals alleviate grieving for loved ones, lovers, and lotteries. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(1), 266-272.
- Mitima-Verloop H. B., Mooren T. T. M., Boelen P. A. (2021). Facilitating grief: An exploration of the function of funerals and rituals in relation to grief reactions. Death Studies, 45(9), 735-745.
- Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR 2.62 "Memorialization" (National Park Service), current text read on the eCFR API on October 22, 2026.