PLANNING
AHEAD
Determine your legacy.
Create peace of mind.
THE BENEFITS OF PRE-PLANNING
Fairmount Memorial Association is here to guide you through the process of memorialization. It is our belief that every life lived deserves to be celebrated. Whether it is to lend a helpful and comforting hand at the time of need, or for planning ahead the gentlest most loving gift for the loved ones left behind; it will be our privilege to serve you.
On this page we provide information and resources to help you understand the advantages for pre-planning you funeral, cemetery and memorial options.
DETERMINE YOUR LEGACY
Prearranging ones cemetery and funeral plans in advance allows for the opportunity to compare the many available options and to ensure that one’s wishes are met. You have the time to consider the locations, memorial options, monuments, markers and all the other elements that best define your legacy and the relationships of the ones closest to you throughout your life.
CREATE PEACE OF MIND
Pre-arrangement provides another type of legacy: a gift to family members and loved ones relieved of financial and emotional decisions. Your commitment to create a plan will relieve family members of making emotionally difficult decisions when they are suffering from a loss. Through the process of pre-arrangement, pre-funding will insure that funeral expenses will be paid for; with arrangements being made at a time when ones financial setting is more predictable. Pre-planning is a true and gentle gift to loved ones, easing the burden for those left behind.
PLAN ONLINE
You can easily begin the process of creating a plan for your funeral or memorial service by using the online planning tool from a funeral home or local cremation provider.
CONTACT US
If you already have some ideas about your memorial preferences, or simply want to understand all of your options and their costs, simple contact one of our cemeteries and a Family Service Advisor will be honored to spend time with you.
Feel free to call any of our offices, or schedule an appointment online.
SELF-PACED
Download our free Pre-Planning Guide to view at your own pace how to go about organizing personal affairs, evaluate service and memorial options and helpful information about estate planning and probate.
This ebook also includes a work book which will allow you to document important personal information.
Pre-planning your funeral and cemetery arrangements not only reduces doubt and anxiety, but its also a powerful act of caring as your decisions and plans relieve family members of making emotionally difficult decisions when they are suffering from a loss.
So where do you start? Below are some steps that can help to organize, plan, prepare, learn and share your plans and desires for funeral services and memorials.
HOW TO CREATE YOUR PLAN
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.
– William James
START THE CONVERSATION TODAY
Understanding your options and preparing your cemetery and funeral plans isn't something you have to do on your own: Family Care Representatives from Fairmount Memorial Association can help you understand all of your options, provide informed answers and alternatives, and help you move towards creating a plan.
SCHEDULE A FREE CONSULTATION
Use our online scheduling tool to set up a free consultation with an FMA Family Services Representative
CONTACT
US
If you prefer to have a Family Services Representative from FMA contact you, please use our contact form.
EXPLORE CEMETERY OPTIONS
Browse the options for both cremation and traditional burial here on our website.
LEARN MORE ABOUT FMA
Discover who we are, what we believe, and how we've been serving the Spokane area since 1888.
PRE-PLANNING & BEREAVEMENT GUIDE
Fairmount Memorial Association is pleased to provide a Pre-Planning and Bereavement Guide.
Pre-planning is simply the process of drawing up plans for a funeral before they are needed. It involves gathering a variety of family information and making decisions about the type of service you want (e.g. where the funeral itself should take place, and who might participate).
The guide also provides important and necessary tools and information to assist you in managing different decisions when a death occurs. To receive your complimentary Pre-Planning and Bereavement Guide, simply share some basic information below.
