Sample Durable Power of Attorney - May be used to designate others to make health care decisions.

Sample Funeral Pre-Planning Form

Funeral Pre-Planning General Information - A wealth of information related to funeral pre-planning and pre-funding. Of particular interest is the thorough "Personal and Financial Affairs Checklist for End of Life Planning."

Health Care Proxy - Some States, like New York, have laws which allow individuals to appoint others to make important health care decisions for them, in the event that they are unable to do so themselves. See the Sample Documents Page for a New York State Health Care Proxy form. Further information on health care proxies and related issues in New York State.

Sample Living Will - Mentally competent adults can make decisions in advance concerning their wishes to decline to have certain extraordinary medical interventions taken on their behalf when death is imminent, such as being place on life-support systems or ventilators. One's wishes concerning these, and other life sustaining issues, can be expressed through the living will.

National Directory of Cremation Providers -

Power of Attorney - A Power of Attorney gives the person you designate the authority to make certain decisions on your behalf if you were to become physically or mentally incapacitated.

Will - Individuals can express their wishes concerning the final determination of their affairs upon death through a will. Books on writing simple wills by yourself can be found at most any bookstore.

Sample Memorial Web Site - An example of how people can create a virtual place for people to gather to memorialize a loved one.