When Death Occurs

One call to Messinger Mortuaries is all you need to make. Our professional funeral directors serve as both advisors and agents, working with other professionals on your behalf to ensure that all details are addressed in a timely and professional manner, including:

• Transfer to the funeral home from the place of death, anywhere in the world
  
• Forwarding of deceased for out-of-state (or country) burial
  
• Coordinating vital statistics and obituary information with family
  
• Obtaining death certificate from doctor or medical examiner, completing vital statistics information and filing with local registrar
  
• Obtaining other legal authorizations for final disposition
  
• Obtaining certified copies of death certificate
  
• Contacting local and out of town newspapers and coordinating obituary and services information
  
• Scheduling of services and visitations; perhaps a reception afterward to include catering arrangements and hospitality
  
• Professionally licensed personnel to conduct services and visitations
  
• Coordinating plans with clergy, church or synagogue
  
• Coordinating plans with the cemetery
  
• Notifying Social Security; applying for veterans’ benefits
  
• Assistance with life insurance claims, etc.