AfterLoss funeral wishes

A structured place to record someone's funeral wishes (in planning mode) and a read-only view that becomes available to the family after the death (in bereavement mode). One capability with two surfaces, one before and one after.

What it does

In planning mode, a person fills in their wishes across the practical fields a funeral director will ask about: burial or cremation, the form of service, music and readings, who they would like to officiate, what should happen with their ashes, who they want involved, and any prepaid funeral plan already in place. Each field can be left blank; the structure is there to remind, not to demand.

After the person has died, the case transitions and the wishes become a read-only funeral plan view for the successor and the family to work from. They can see what the person wanted, and the communications scripts and the funeral director conversation can proceed from there.

What problem it solves

Most adults have rough ideas about what they want at their funeral and never write them down. The family then makes decisions in the worst possible week, often disagreeing, often guessing. Recording wishes in advance removes both the guessing and the disagreement, and gives the funeral director something to work from on the first call.

Where it sits in the procedural sequence

In planning, this sits alongside recording funeral wishes and the broader end-of-life planning checklist. After the death, it sits inside arranging a funeral, answering the practical choices the funeral director will need to make.

For the burial-specific decisions, see also parish burial right, exclusive right of burial, and natural burial grounds.

Use this feature

Start a case and turn on planning mode to record wishes; the funeral plan view appears automatically after a case transitions.