The choice is yours, as personal as you wish, made with us in total confidence � without undue stress.
Why are so many families pre-planning their funeral arrangements with Brookings-Smith?
- For peace of mind
- To personalize their funeral
- To reduce the emotional stress and financial burden of surviving family members.
- To provide for final expenses due to Medicaid regulations.
- To protect against the future costs of funerals
We offer a wide range of services and prices to meet the needs of the families that we serve. Many people see a preplan as a gift to their surviving family so that they have some direction of the person�s wishes at what can be a very emotional time.
Our Pre-Planning Services Include
- Our funeral directors can arrange consultations at no cost or obligation in your home or at our Arrangement Center, 163 Center Street, Bangor.
- Recording of family information. (Click here to complete our on-line pre-planning form)
- Recording of your wishes and desires.
- Selecting services and merchandise.
- Traditional Services (Click here for service listing)
- Cremation Services (Click here for service listing)
- Funeral service merchandise (Click here for complete listing)
- Flexible funding options (Click here to review these options)
For a detailed listing of what is involved with an Funeral Arrangement Conference please review this listing.
E-mail us: info@brookingssmith.com
The Arrangement Conference
The best way to plan a service or tribute is to meet with one of our funeral directors to discuss the many options available in funeral service. Our professional staff is trained to help educate the consumer to why people select one service over another, various cost factors, and the information we need to complete our job. On average, an arrangement conference lasts between 2 and 2 1/2 hours long and closest next-of-kin need to be the people in attendance to make these decisions. The following is a agenda of an arrangement conference:
- Compile Vital Statistics for the State of Maine required paperwork
- Death Certificate
- Disposition Permit
- Medical Examiners Release (required for cremation services)
- Cremation Authorization (required for cremation services)
- Family History Information for Obituary Notice
- Discuss service offerings to meet the families needs
- Traditional Service type
- Cremation services
- Combination traditional and cremation
- Select any funeral service merchandise needed
- Complete and Sign a Statement of Funeral Goods and Services that reflects an itemized listing of expense that shows service total costs.
- Review and sign any Veteran�s Benefit paperwork (if veteran)
- Contact and review service requirements with clergy
If advanced planning services and funding is desired the following additional paperwork would need to be completed:
- Maine Mortuary Trust Agreement