of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
What sort of memorial services are desired, if any?
Whether and how to prepay
- In general, we recommend pre-planning but not prepaying. See this article from the national FCA website about the Pitfalls of Preneed. Note specifically the last section, entitled "Safer ways to plan ahead".
- See this brochure from the Funeral Ethics Organization on some specifics of pre-paying in California.
** Although you may wish to donate your body, or your survivors may wish to manage your death care without the help of a mortuary, these things do not always work out as planned, so it is wise for you to choose a mortuary and a plan in order to have one functional plan in place when needed. Choosing a mortuary and a plan in advance does not obligate your survivors to use them.
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Decisions to Make:
Most of these decisions need to be made whether or not you are an FCA member
Do you want to join FCA so that you may choose among the discounted plans at our cooperating mortuaries?
- See various plans you can choose among at our cooperating mortuaries
Which mortuary to use**
- See list of cooperating mortuaries that give discounts to FCA members for specific plans
- See local mortuary prices (including mortuaries not on FCA's list of cooperating mortuaries) for San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
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