Forms and checklists
Printable sheets for the week after a death: what has to be done, what the funeral director will ask you for, and who has to be told. Free, and nothing here asks you to sign up.
Where are you?
Registering a death, and who has to be told, work differently in each country. The rest of the sheets are the same wherever you are.
Choose one and the checklists below will match it. Everything else is shown either way.
These hold good wherever you are.
What the funeral director will ask you for
The facts they need, gathered before you go, so the meeting is not spent hunting for a birth certificate.
Download the PDFPlanning the service
Readings, music, who speaks and in what order — one sheet you can hand over.
Download the PDFObituary worksheet
The facts to gather before you write, so the writing is only writing.
Download the PDFThe checklists for what has to be done, and who has to be told, are above under your country.
If you would rather read than print
The guides cover the parts a form cannot: how to write the obituary once you have the facts, how a celebration of life is put together, and what to say to somebody when your mind goes blank.
Help & guidesThese sheets are a prompt, not legal advice. What the law requires varies by state, nation and circumstance, and your funeral director deals with your local office every week.